Workshop assesses 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's strategy for sustainable bioenergy
November 22-24 Doris Cellarius attended a 3-day meeting at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 in Gland, Switzerland, as a representative of CEESP to assist in defining 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's vision for sustainable bioenergy. The meeting was designed to build stronger linkages between the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Secretariat, its regional offices, Commissions and external partners. The external partners participated in the second day only of the meeting. Those attending included World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, Wetland International, United Nations Environment Programme and Shell.
The meeting began with a review 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's existing work on bioenergy. Its is based largely on resolutions adopted at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's Barcelona Congress: the Agrofuels and Bioenergy Resolutions and the Resolution on Rural Access to Energy. The group then brainstormed about knowledge gaps related to bioenergy impacts, the energy needs of society, and new ways 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 could contribute to just, sustainable bioenergy production.
Doris Cellarius writes, "We discussed emerging bioenergy problems such as how governmental mandates have increased pressure to develop new feedstocks, even in countries far from those where the fuels are used. This had worsened indirect impacts such as land use changes that compete with food production, damage biodiversity and threaten livelihoods in local communities. To assist in addressing these problems we agreed 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 needs to ensure that sustainability principles are adopted and complied with by expand communication to more entities in the global community. Activities should include land use mapping for biodiversity, case studies for documenting 鈥渙n-the-ground鈥 experiences, and the transfer of information about how countries can encourage development of more effective, protective programs. 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 is ideally positioned to assist governments in land use planning that can assure that when biofuels projects permitted, they will be sustainable, protect all environmental resources , and benefit local communities.
After evaluating evaluated many possible options, the group wrote a vision statement to help 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 move forward: 鈥淏y 2016, bioenergy responsibly contributes to biodiversity conservation, climate change solutions and sustainable livelihoods, as part of building resilient ecological and socio-economic systems.鈥
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Doris Cellarius
Member, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
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