Philippines will play host to a Biofuel forum that will be attended by South East Asian nations. To be held on April 23 to 25 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati. The theme of the forum is entitled: “Unravelling the Policy Issues and Development Challenges on Biofuels”.

The event is hosted by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARGA) who are headquartered at Los Baños.
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Multi Awarded, Von Hernandez, has been appointed to head Greenpeace in South East Asia.

Mr. Hernandez is a recipient of a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003. He has also been honored by Time Magazine, as one of the Heroes of the Environment for 2007. Aside from these accolades, Mr. Hernandez also brings with him over 15 years of environmental activism experience.

Greenpeace is an independent, global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment, and to promote peace.[source]

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Eastern Petroleum Corp (EPC), a small oil player in the Philippines, announced that they will construct a 200,000 Liter/day Ethanol Distillery in the Province of Sarangani in Mindanao next year. Q1 of 2009 is when they are expecting the plant to be finished. The plant will be a joint venture program with some other partners.
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A Biofuels Conference entitled: “Biofuels Development in Southeast and East Asia: Policy Issues and Research Agenda,” will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Makati on Oct 7-8, 2007. Global and regional insights in biofuels development and country papers on the prospects of national biofuels initiatives will be presented by invited resource speakers.

The purpose of the conference according to the organizers are:
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