Agricultural biodiversity, renewable

We can expect that the increasing usage of renewable feedstocks will also enlarge agricultural biodiversity. Petroselinic acid from Coriandrum sativum was already mentioned as a possible feedstock for adipic acid. Calendula officinalis offers a most interesting Cl8 fatty acid with a conjugated triene... 

By using renewable carbon from biomass, an improvement in the CO2 balance can be achieved. However, significant effects beyond the impacts on greenhouse gas emissions are possible, e.g., soil modification, eutrophication, impact on biodiversity, land requirements and water consumption. These aspects depend on different factors like feedstock type, scale of production, cultivation and land-management practices, location and downstream processing routes. The environmental implications of agriculture are sometimes difficult to assess by the LCA methodology and require further research. 

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