Issue No.1 December 1997

Contents

• Information
• EDITORIAL
• SPECIAL FEATURES
  • Wood energy today for tomorrow (wett)
  • Unified wood energy terminology (uwet)
• NEWS AND NOTES
  • Earth Summit
  • Latin American Technical Cooperation Network on Dendroenergy (LAND)
  • Biomass Summer School, Austria
  • World Energy Council
  • Des résidus source d’énergie
  • Rice straw to ethanol project
  • Leap 2000: new directions in energy analysis
  • Eco-efficiency: business and the environment
  • Biomass in tropical countries
  • How sustainable are energy crops in Europe?
  • Diesel fuel substitutes – Jatropha curcas L.
  • International symposium – Jatropha curcas
  • The vertical shaft brick kiln
  • And have you heard about ...
• FOCUS ON... HONDURAS
  • FAO starts wood energy project in Honduras
  • Bio-Gen Biomass Power Generation Project, Honduras
  • Noruega presta 2,7 millones de $ee.uu.para electrificar 88 poblados rurales
  • Avanza en Honduras el proyecto del bambú
  • El bambú será el petróleo hondureño
• COUNTRY COMPASS
  • Austria
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Mexico
  • Sénégal
  • United Republic of Tanzania
• EVENTS OF INTEREST
• PUBLICATIONS
• WEB SITES
• READERS’ CORNER