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Sub-regions / Countries
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- Central Asia: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- East Asia: China, Democratic Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Taiwan
- Middle East: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
- South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- South-East Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam,
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News
- Small-scale biofuels production holds more promise, says USAID, 21 June 2009 by BusinessMirror: "Decentralized biofuel production, or small-scale factories built on degraded or underused lands, has the potential to provide energy to half a billion people living in poverty in rural Asia."
- " The report, Biofuels in Asia: An Analysis of Sustainability Options, focused on China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It analyzed key trends and concerns and highlighted sustainability options for biofuel production."
- "Compared with large-scale biofuels production, small-scale biofuels production for local use may deliver greater social benefits, including improvement of rural livelihoods, support of local industries, and a lower tendency toward exploitation of workers and co-opting of land from indigenous peoples."
- (Aviation) Commercial use of biofuels may take time, 25 April 2009 by TradingMarkets.com: "Despite broad optimism in the aviation industry about the commercial use of biofuels, experts in Asia believe this won't happen very soon."
- "On April 1, at the conclusion of an industry summit in Geneva, about 400 aviation and environment leaders set an industry timeline for aviation biofuels....By the end of the year, a set of environmental sustainability standards for aviation biofuels should be in place, they said in a summit declaration."
- "In his speech during the summit, Giovanni Bisignani, director general and CEO of International Air Transport Association (IATA), noted that governments could provide tax and regulatory incentives and prioritize commercial production along with research investments....He also reiterated IATA's target for certification of sustainable biofuels by 2010 or 2011."
- "In a separate interview, biofuels specialist Florello Galindo, director of Manila-based Asian Institute of Petroleum Studies Inc. (AIPSI), said China and Japan, being the region's main players in aviation manufacturing, would likely determine the fate of aviation biofuel use in Asia."[1]
- Deadly "brown cloud" over South Asia caused by wood and dung burning, 23 January 2009 by Mongabay.com: "Long a subject of debate, the cause of the infamous brown cloud that hovers over the Indian Ocean and South Asia every winter has finally been discovered. Researchers led by Dr Orjan Gustafsson from the University of Stockholm in Sweden announced in Science that 70 percent of the cloud is made up of soot from the burning of biomasses, largely wood and animal dung used for cooking."
- "Researchers hope the discovery of the cloud's source will push policy makers to rapidly aid the region's poor in switching to cleaner methods of cooking, such as solar."
- "As well as being linked to global warming, the brown cloud is believed to lengthen droughts, exacerbate monsoons, and further melt the Himalayan glaciers, which currently provide fresh water to billions of people. Already, over three hundred thousand people die in Asia due to illnesses linked to brown cloud pollutants annually."[2]
- Asia Pacific Region biodiesel sector buoyant says Frost & Sullivan Biofuel Review, 12 December, 2007: Strong support from regional governments has created a strong domestic market for biodiesel with consumption at 410,000 gallons in 2006 and a 50% expected increase by 2013.
Events
2009
- 16-17 February 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: JatrophaWorld Asia 2009. (Themes: jatropha, Asia, Brazil, Africa, India)
- 3-4 March 2009, Singapore: Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (Themes: technology, business, Asia)
- 26-27 March 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: South-East Asia Stakeholder Outreach Meeting for the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels. (Themes: biofuels, Asia, standards, sustainability)
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