From July 2 to July 4, the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law will hold its 12th annual Colloquium at the University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. A number of presentations will deal with the issue of biofuels.

  • Laode Syarif – Hasanuddin University Law School (Indonesia), Rich Bio-fuels Potential and the Absence of Adequate Legal and Policy Framework
  • Odile Juliette / Lim Tung (University of Mauritius and North-West University / North-West University, South Africa), Biofuels, GMos and Food Security: The South African Legal and Policy framework
  • Susana Borràs Pentinat (CEDAT-Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain), La Deslocalization de les Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero : la Inclusion del Factor ILUC en la Reorientacion de la Politica de Biocombustibles
  • Isabel Hernández San Juan (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain), Biotechnologica, Cambio Climatico y Biocarburantes
  • Max Salomon Jansson (IES at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium), Rules on Production and Process Methods in EU Public Procurement: The Case of Renewable Energy and Biofuels
  • Seita Romppanen (University of Eastern Finland; UEF Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, Finland), The Legitimacy of EU’s Private Biofuel Governance
  • Paul Martin (Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law; University of New England, Australia), Biofuels Governance, an Illustration of fundamental challenges to traditional environmental law and policy
  • Amado S. Tolentino, Jr. (San Beda Alabang School of Law, Philippines), The Philippines Biofuels Law: A Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
  • Aline Pacheco Pelucio / Patricia Faga Iglecias (University of São Paulo, Brasil), An Analysis of Brazilian Policies, Institutions and Legal Regulations relative to Bio Energy Investments
  • Lei Guo / Frank Maes (Ghent University, Belgium), Biofuels Transformation in China: Will the EU Biofuels Expereicne Shed Light on it?
  • Mingde Cao / Xun Gong (China University of Political Science and Law), Biofuel Law and Policy in China
  • Omondi Robert Owino (Bayreuth University, Germany), Incipient Biofuels Legislation in Kenya: navigating the Legal Minefield
  • Vladimir Garcia Magalhães (Catholic University of Santos -UNISANTOS, Brasil), Sugar Cane and Ethanol Production Sustainability in Brazil
  • Taotao Yue (Maastricht University, Netherlands), Sustainability of Biofuels as a Global Regulatory Issue