Summary, invitation and background note to the seminar: South at the Steering Wheel – Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa
29th May 2012, 08:00 – 17:30
Naturvårdsverket (Swedish EPA), Stockholm, Sweden
Morning Session: feedstocks and development/project land investment lifecycle
- Introduction to morning session: David Bauner, Renetech
- Jatropha: Thomson Sinkala, Thomro farms (Zambia) and Univ. of Zambia
- Sugar cane: Jorgen Sandström, Addax Bioenergy (Sierra Leone)
- Cassava: Boma Simeon Anga, Cassava House (Nigeria)
- Palm oil: Sylvester Dery, Palm Oil Research Institute (Ghana)
Afternoon session: land/agriculture/bioenergy investment – where, what, how, who
- Introduction to afternoon session: Francis X. Johnson, SEI
- Land Suitability: Helen Watson, University of Kwazulu Natal (South Africa)
- Land quality (use of degraded lands): Birka Wicke, Utrecht University (Netherlands)
- Integrated approaches (ecosystem services): Per Stromberg, Swedish EPA
- Small-scale farmers/land productivity: Peter Roberntz, WWF-Sweden
The general documents of this seminar are found on the right-hand side of this page. Under Related resources, you also find links to all the presentations from this day.