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World Bank Energy Week, the annual conference for World Bank Group staff and energy development practitioners from governments, industries, NGOs, civil society and academia that is focused on issues affecting energy services in developing countries was held in Washington D.C on March 14, 15 & 16, 2005
17-18 March 2005: "Sustainable Bio-energy Trade"
A combined T40 and T 29 event was hosted by the World Bank in Washington as a side-event of the annual Energy Week of the World Bank between 13-16 March 2005. Please find below the presentations which were given over the course of the event. The conference report will follow shortly.
Day 1 (Thursday 17th March):
Part 1: Biomass Energy and Sustainable Livelihoods; Experiences and Future Challenges
Sivan Kartha (Senior Scientist Stockholm Environment Institute, Boston USA) Emerging bio-energy systems and markets in the developing world.
Mac Cosgrove-Davies (Sr. Economist World Bank), Uganda Bagasse co-generation project. cosgrovedaviesbagassecogeninuganda.pdf [523 KB]
Raoufou Badarou (General Director of Energy, Benin) Energy Service Delivery Project: New Bio-energy Investments. badarouenergyserviceprojectnewbioenergyinvestm.pdf [2.179 KB]
Gebremedhim Hedera, (Coordinator WBISPP Project Ethiopia), Woody Biomass Inventory System and Planning Projects.
Getachew Tikubet (resident Scientist, ICIPE, Ethiopia), The Ethiopian Biofarm model.
Francis X. Johnsson (Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute), „Biomass, Sustainable Livelihoods, and International Trade“ johnsonbiomasslivelihoodsandinternationaltrade.pdf [1.321 KB]
Part 2: Socio-economic development implications and benefits of expanded bio-energy use and trade.
Julije Domac (EIHP, Croatia): Bioenergy, poverty and rural development - three issues, one solution domacbioenergyandruraldevelopmentinaglobalecon.pdf [1.068 KB]
Keith Richards (TV Energy, UK): Maximising local socio-economic benefit from biomass supply chains richardsinternationalbioenergytradeanddevelopm.pdf [9.943 KB]
Bill White (Canadian Forest Service, NRC): Social and Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Projects: a brief review. whitesocialsciencestudiesinbioenergy.pdf [6.051 KB]
Auke Koopmans (Greenfields Int. Ltd, Thailand): Woodfuel Flows and Trade
Rainer Janssen (WIP, Germany): Partners for Africa - A Successful Bioenergy Policy Dialogue in South Africa and Zambia janssenpartnersforafricaasuccessfulbioenergypo.pdf [3.827 KB]
Day 2 (Friday 18th March):
Part 3: International bio-energy trade; emerging and potential markets and sustainable development
Arnaldo Walter a.o. (UNICAMP, Brazil): „Experiences with large-scale production of sugar cane and plantation wood for the export market in Brazil; impacts and lessons learned“. walterexperienceswithlargescaleproductionofsug.pdf [164 KB]
Edward Smeets & André Faaij (Utrecht University, Netherlands): Case studies on Brazil and Ukraine on the impact of sustainability criteria on the volume and costs of biomass export potentials. smeetssustainablebioenergyproductionandtrade.pdf [1.063 KB]
Uwe Fritsche, (Öko-Institut, Germany), "Challenges and Prospects of Sustainable Bioenergy Trade: A German Perspective" fritschechallengesandprospectsofsustainablebio.pdf [503 KB]
Malgorzata Peksa (ETA-Florence, Italy), Bio-energy imports in Italy; report on recent experience. peskatechnologicalcooperationforenhancingthein.pdf [2.680 KB]
Jeroen Douglas (Solidaridad, Netherlands): Towards Certified Responsible Biomass. Building a concrete export case meeting responsible supply criteria
douglastowardscertifiedresponsiblebiomass.pdf [745 KB]
Frank Rosillo-Calle (Imperial College, UK): Developing bio-energy projects in Southern Africa. rosillocallebioethanolinsouthernafricaabritish.pdf [1.422 KB]
More information about IEA Bioenergy Task 29: Socio-Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Projects can be found at:
http://www.iea-bioenergy-task29.hr/
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