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This page provides information on biofuels and bioenergy in Africa, including details on specific countries.
- Africa has a huge potential for bioenergy, but also faces some of the greatest challenges for sustainability. Bioenergy and biofuels can pose both solutions and challenges to problems of poverty, deforestation, desertification, biodiversity loss and other issues.
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Africa-wide activities
- ProBEC - Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation in Southern Africa - ProBEC, implemented by the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) since 1998, works in several SADC countries (Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to promote "Integrated approaches to Biomass Energy Conservation (BEC)" to "offer ways to tackle fuel shortages, reduce the burden of fuel collection and preparation, and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution.[1]
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Sub-regions / Countries
Click the country names to see pages about specific countries. (Blue links indicate pages that exist in the wiki; red links indicate pages that do not exist yet.)
- Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
- East Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
- North Africa: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
- Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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Regional activities
- ProBEC - Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation in Southern Africa - ProBEC, implemented by the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) since 1998, works in several SADC countries (Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to promote "Integrated approaches to Biomass Energy Conservation (BEC)" to "offer ways to tackle fuel shortages, reduce the burden of fuel collection and preparation, and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution.[2]
- Inaugural African Jatropha Roundtable. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 17-18 September 2008.
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News from Africa
Also see news and specific country pages.
- Ethanol Project: Global Recognition for Nigeria, 1 January 2009 by THISDAY:
- "There is no doubt that Nigeria is blazing the trail in renewable energy sector, which ethanol is the final product. The initiative is to stem the effect of global warming, which has become a matter of serious concern dominating local and foreign discourse. Interestingly, a Nigerian company is already making waves in this important sector, which is big business in developed countries of the world."
- "The Global Biofuels Limited, the first biofuels refinery in Nigeria, endorsed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is the company facilitating biofuels production in Nigeria. The company’s investments in ethanol projects have earned Nigeria international recognition."
- Biofuel producers warn EU over "unjustifiably complex" sustainability rules, 7 November 2008 by BusinessGreen: "Eight developing countries have written to the EU warning they will complain to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if it passes proposed legislation designed to improve the environmental sustainability of biofuels by restricting the types of fuels the bloc imports."
- "The EU is considering legislation that is intended to ban the purchase of biofuels from energy crop plantations that are believed to harm the environment and lead to food shortages by displacing land used for food crops and contributing to rainforest deforestation."
- "[E]ight countries – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Indonesia and Malaysia – have written to the EU to protest against the proposals" in a letter that "claims that the new rules would 'impose unjustifiably complex requirements on producers' and argues that environmental criteria 'relating to land-use change will impinge disproportionately on developing countries'."[3]
- Africa Becoming a Biofuel Battleground, 5 September 2008 by Spiegel Online: "Western companies are pushing to acquire vast stretches of African land to meet the world's biofuel needs. Local farmers and governments are being showered with promises. But is this just another form of economic colonialism?"
- "Africa offers oil [plant] farmers virtually ideal conditions for their purposes: underused land in many places, low land prices, ownership that is often unclear and, most of all, regimes capable of being influenced."[4]
- Nigeria’s First Bio-fuel Refinery to Create 406,000 Jobs, 24 March 2008 by This Day Online: Nigeria's first biofuel refinery is to create 406,000 jobs and benefit seven states. Carbon credits for the project create an additional incentive. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is reportedly involved in the project.
- Brazilian president calls on Africa to join biofuels revolution. According to Biopact, the president called for Africa to ensure its energy independence and economic growth through taking advantage of the biofuels market."
- Biofuel plantations fuel strife in Uganda, 19 April 2007 from Newscientist.com. Plans to turn over 25% of one of Uganda's last preserved forest to a sugarcane company have sparked riots resulting in several deaths.
- Biofuel - Experts in Zambia call for caution, 1 March 2007 from the Times of Zambia. While Zambia has ambitious plans to increase biofuel production to replace petroleum, experts are calling for more research on jatropha and other introduced energy crops before wide-scale planting is done.
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Events
2009
- 16-17 February 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: JatrophaWorld Asia 2009. (Themes: jatropha, Asia, Brazil, Africa, India)
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Publications
See books, reports, scientific papers, position papers and websites for additional useful resources.
- Sustainable Bioenergy Report in UEMOA Member Countries October 2008 report by United Nations Foundation, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Energy and Security Group. Main findings include that bioenergy can provide significant economic and environmental opportunities for rural areas in West Africa.
- Brazil - UK - Africa: Partnership on Bioethanol Scoping Study - British Government, Dept. of Trade and Industry: , s.d. July 2006.
- Turning Food Into Fuel: GM Drought Tolerant Soybean And Its Use In The Production Of Biodiesel African Centre for Biosafety, 10 November 2006.
- Position on the Use of Agrofuels in Africa (PDF file) from The Conservation, Policy, Education and Science Committee of the Society for Conservation Biology, Africa section. "The purpose of this position paper is to explore the means of sustaining both humans and wildlife while producing agro-fuels as an alternative energy source in sub-Saharan Africa."
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Information sources
| Africa | edit | |
| Central Africa: Cameroon | Central African Republic | Congo | Democratic Republic of Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Sao Tome and Principe | East Africa: Burundi | Comoros | Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Malawi | Rwanda, Seychelles | Somalia | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda | North Africa: Algeria | Chad | Egypt | Libya | Mauritania | Morocco | Tunisia | Southern Africa: Angola | Botswana | Lesotho | Madagascar | Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Swaziland | Zambia | Zimbabwe | West Africa: Benin | Burkina Faso | Cape Verde | Cote D'Ivoire | The Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo | ||
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| Africa | Asia | Europe | Latin America and the Caribbean | Middle East | North America | Oceania & Pacific See also: International cooperation | International organizations | ||
