Skip to content
Start of page content below the header
Publikation
12 June 2012

South at the Steering Wheel

Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

Downloads

Download this publication:

Invitation

PDF 578KB

Liknande innehåll

Tidigare evenemang

Tidigare evenemang

Evenemang

Youth

Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals
8 May 2017
Stockholm, Sweden

Tidigare evenemang

Evenemang

Book launch: Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies
30 November 2016
Stockholm, Sweden