Dear Bioenergy people

This is the 8th ERA ARD Bioenergy newsletter.

The 1st ERA ARD Call on “Bioenergy”

Please note that three interesting links have been added to the Call website:
• This conference is organised in the framework of the project COMPETE (Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems – Africa) co-financed by the European Commission under the 6th Research Framework Programme. For more information of the COMPETE project, please visit the website www.compete-bioafrica.net.

• BioTop (FP7): Biofuels assessment on Technical Opportunities and Research Needs for Latin America. www.top-biofuel.org
BioTop provides a broad overview of the existing biofuels sector in Latin American counties. Key focus of the project is the identification and assessment of improved 1st and 2nd generation biofuel conversion technologies.

 
• Global-Bio-Pact (FP7, under negotiation): Global Assessment of Biomass and Bioproduct Impacts on Socio-economics and Sustainability (Including Case studies in LA, Africa and Indonesia) http://www.globalbiopact.eu/

Greetings from the Call Secretariat