From wednesday 30.1.2005 until friday 2.12. 2005, a joint meeting was held with T30 (Short Rotation Cropping; coordinator Theo Verwijst from Sweden) and T31 (Sustainable Forestry; coordinator Jim Richardson from Canada), aiming for dealing with sustainable biomass production systems for the global market (e.g. including issues like certification). the workshop also included a business forum on sustainable international bio-energy trade, specifically focused on Brazilian industry. The location was Campinas University, near Sao Paulo, Brazil.

All presentations can be downloaded as pdf-files (see below). In case you encounter any problems downloading the files, or any other issues, please contact Martin Junginger.

The entire program [50 KB] can be downloaded as pdf. The final presentation [341 KB] of Andre Faaij does give a compact overview of the key findings. There is also a 3-page summary [31 KB] available.

More information about IEA Bioenergy Task 30: Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems can be found at: http://www.shortrotationcrops.com/

More information about IEA Bioenergy Task 31: Biomass Production for Energy from Sustainable Forestry can be found at: www.ieabioenergytask31.org


Day one (Wednesday 30th November)

Arnaldo Walter, University of Campinas;
Word of welcome and scope of the meeting [70 KB]

André Faaij, Task Leader IEA Task 40, The Netherlands
Word of welcome and scope of the meeting [196 KB]

José Roberto Moreira, CENBIO
The Importance of Bio-Energy for the World Development and Sustainability [865 KB]

Ecological impacts of large scale biomass production systems and securing sustainability of biomass production

Simmone Rose, FAO
Key elements to assess sustainability of bioenergy projects [396 KB]

Marie Holmlund, UNEP
Risk assessment in the bioenergy sector [128 KB]

Olivier Combe, UNCTAD
Potential of liquid biofuels for developing countries: the rationale of the UNCTAD biofuels initiative [60 KB]

Short Rotation Crops and Sustainable Forestry (IEA Bioenergy Task 30 & 31)

Theo Verwijst, Agricultural University Sweden, Task 30, Sweden
Overview of development of sustainable SRC systems to date [1,254 KB]

Laércio Couto, Task 30, Brazil
Recent experience with large scale SRC systems [2,500 KB]

Jim Richardson, IEA Bioenergy Task 31, Canada
Sustainable forest management and industrial scale production of biomass for energy in the context of forest certification [945 KB]

Tat Smith, University of Toronto, Task 31, Canada
Conceptual framework for environmental sustainability of forest bioenergy production schemes [751 KB]

Rolf Björheden, Växjö University, Task 31, Sweden
Biofuel trade in practice: wood pellet trading and certification issues [231 KB]

Day two (Thursday 1st December)

A business forum on sustainable international bio-energy trade, specifically focused on Brazilian industry

Eduardo Pereira de Carvalho, CEO UNICA
Industrial perspective on expansion of ethanol production capacity for export in Brasil [455 KB]

Paulo Canabrava, Ethanol business division at Petrobras
Preliminary title: Developing the bio-ethanol market: the point of view of an oil company

Vitor Afonso Hoeflich, Embrapa Florestas / UFPR
Produção florestal sustentável de madeira para o mercado internacional: perspectivas e desafios [363 KB]

Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira
Biodiesel in Brazil [501 KB]

Ronaldo Sampaio, BioCarbo
Large scale charcoal production to reduce CO2 emissions and improve quality in the coal based ironmaking industry [930 KB]

Isaías de Carvalho Macedo, NIPE/Unicamp
Sustainability of sugar cane, sugar and ethanol production in Brazil [360 KB]

Biomass trading and buying (IEA bioenergy Task 40)

Christian Falkelius / Bo Hektor, TallOil, Task 40, Sweden
Synthesis report of the Task 40 country reports [44 KB]

Douglas Bradley, President Climate Change Solutions
Biomass in Canada- Development and Trade Options [712 KB]

Martin Junginger, Copernicus Institute, Task 40, The Netherlands
Developments in biomass use, trade, policy and sustainability in the Netherlands [209 KB]

Jeremy Woods, Imperial College, Task 40, UK
UK Bioenergy: indigenous demand and exotic supplies [241 KB]

Julia Hansson, Chalmers University
Modelling future bioenergy production and trade flows in Europe [299 KB]

Jussi Heinimö, Task 40, Finland
International biofuels trade in Finland: current status and future prospects [175 KB]
Day three (Friday 2nd December)

Ethanol production and trade

Luis Carlos Carvalho, Ministry of Agriculture
The importance of biofuels [896 KB]

Per Carstedt, BioAlcohol Fuel Foundation
Global development of ethanol as an energy commodity [3,931 KB]

Angelo Bressan Filho, Director of the Agroenergy program, Ministry of Agriculture
The agrienergy as an energetic option for the future [145 KB]

Henry Joseph, VW and ANFAVEA
Usage of ethanol in passenger cars [2,497 KB]

Bengt Lindner, Director liquid fuels, TallOil
Bio-energy Trade from a Company Perspective, special focus on Ethanol [306 KB]

Plinio Nastari, Datagro
O que falta para o desenvolvimento de um mercado mundial de etanol [62 KB]

Jan Korpershoek, Vopak CEMEA
Ethanol Terminal Hub for Europe - flexible solutions for trade and import [1,723 KB]

Suani Teixeira Coelho, CENBIO
Brazilian sugarcane ethanol: lessons learned [248 KB]

Francis Johnson, Stockholm Environmental Institute
Bio-ethanol trade, sustainable development and economic competitiveness: challenges and opportunities for North-South-South collaboration [672 KB]

Ilan Kruglianskas, Agriculture and Environment Programme Coordinator, WWF Brazil
Bio-ethanol: Climate Benefits with Responsible Production [393 KB]

André Faaij (Copernicus Institute) and Arnaldo Walter (UNICAMP)
Findings of the meeting [341 KB]