Report from the project: sustainable production of bioenergy from agriculture and forestry in central/eastern Nordic countries

Jun 2008

One of the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2008 is climate.
The project was carried out during December 2007 – June 2008. One aim of the project was to contribute to a promotion of practices that will reduce negative environmental impacts and improve the economic and social contribution of an increasing bioenergy production. Another aim of this project was to create an initiative and starting point for further Nordic cooperation to promote Nordic perspectives and viewpoints in EU and other regional processes where bioenergy production from forestry and agriculture is being discussed.
The project organized two workshops to:
• present and discuss available expert knowledge of various sustainability criteria in relation to tried and/or existing implemented production systems;
• collect views from land-owner representatives, NGOs, other stakeholders and experts, gather and draft major conclusions in the form of recommendations.
This document summarizes the conclusions from the two workshops and describes general principles for a sustainable production of biofuels from agriculture and forestry in the central/eastern Nordic countries Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden.
The principles and recommendations in this report can be used to help guiding policy-makers considering the adoption or revision of national recommendations and guidelines on this subject.

By: Nordic Council of Ministers

 
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