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Conclusions from the biofuel seminar
On 14 December 2011, the Glopolis analytical centre in cooperation with the UN Information Centre held the seminar entitled Biofuel: Opportunities, Risks and Impacts on Developing Countries.
Seminář Biopaliva / Seminar on Biofuels / Foto 1
The seminar addressed the issue of biofuels with regard to the situation in the Czech Republic and presented the relationship between EU policies for the support of biofuels and land grabs in developing countries. Experts Ladislav Jelínek, Tomáš Medonos (both from the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information), Jiří Trnka (CZ Biom) and Sylvain Aubry (FIAN, independent consultant) assessed the energy, economic and ecological and development aspects of biofuel. A total of 28 people gave a presentation or participated in the seminar.
Documents for download
Transcript of seminar (PDF, 439 KB)
Fact sheet: Biofuel – Fuel for Food? (PDF, 1 MB)
Presentation by Jiří Trnka (CZ Biom) (PDF, 2 MB)
Presentation by Sylvain Aubry (FIAN) (PDF, 2 MB)
Fotos
Seminář Biopaliva / Seminar on Biofuels / Foto 2
Seminář Biopaliva / Seminar on Biofuels / Foto 3
Seminář Biopaliva / Seminar on Biofuels / Foto 4
European Union
British Embassy
US
Embassy
Ministry of Foreign Affaires of the Czech Republic
Green European
Foundation
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Czech republic
Visegrad Fund
Open Society
Fund Foundation
RSJ