Monday 15 December 2008

Expert Workshop on Biofuels and Land Use Change


20-21 November 2008. Sao Paulo, Brazil. The workshop was organized by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels and brought together biofuel and land-use modelers, agricultural economists, policy analysts and specialists from related disciplines to develop an international discussion concerning the linkages among local drivers of land-use change, global economic trends and biofuels production.
FARA participated in the workshop and presented the West African case study of Land Use Changes and biofuels expansion: “Farmers’ Strategies and Land Use Change in the Perspective of Biofuels Development in West Africa”.

References:
Final Report
Minutes from break-out sessions