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The CEEweb Academy on Biomass was held in Esztergom,
Hungary on 9-10 May, 2008.
Many people believe that the use of all kinds of renewable
energy derived from biomass is one of the environmentally
friendly solutions to the impending climate change caused
by the excessive greenhouse gas emissions. However, more and
more environmentalists, scientists and international research
institutions along with representatives of the civil society
believe that these sources of energy - and among them especially
agrofuels (biofuels) - bring more harm than improvement to
the environment.
The following presentations were given by acknowledged experts
at the Academy. From these materials you can find out what
the real social, economic and environmental implications of
biofuels/agrofuels are. This is a burning issue since "biofuels"
are on the current political agenda in several Central and
Eastern European countries as well as in the EU and the USA.
The
meeting in pictures.
Your comments and opinions are welcome. Please, send them
to gyulakiss@ceeweb.org.
Andrew Boswell, Biofuelwatch, England
"Global tendencies, EU targets and policies, the changing
NGO position in the process" download
(1,2 MB)
Veronika Erõs, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development, Hungary
"The Hungarian targets in light of the EU objectives"
download
(222 KB)
Iván Gyulai, president of CEEweb
for Biodiversity, Hungary
"Potentials and limitations, ecological consideration"
download
(30 KB)
Bojan Rantasa, Makmontana, Macedonia
"State of biomass in Macedonia" download
(43 KB)
Michal Ruman, YEE (Youth and Environment Europe),
Czech Republic
"Biomass in Czech Republic" download
(72 KB)
Iván Gyulai, president of CEEweb for Biodiversity,
Hungary
"Biomass versus sustainability" download
(39 KB)
Kornél Kovács, president - Hungarian
Biogas Association, Hungary
"Biomass products: biogas" download
(1,85 MB)
Tamás Dienes, Central European University,
Hungary
"The use of biomass in the light of CO2 emission and
sustainable development" download
(873 KB)
Sergio Oceransky, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable
Energy, Denmark
"The special characteristics of biofuels from ecological,
social and economic point of view" (To be available
soon.)
On May 8 participants were offered a workshop on policy
paper writing skills. Read
more>>
The Academy was realised with the financial support of
the European Commission.
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