Forests, fuel, or food? Competing coalitions and biofuels policy making in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., Sonnenfeld, David A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Biomass energy—Law and legislation—Philippines; Forest conservation—Philippines; Environmental policy—Philippines; Food security—Philippines; Energy and Utilities Law; Energy Policy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8321
• Institution: De La Salle University

The first country in Southeast Asia to enact legislation on biofuels, the Republic of the Philippines is recognized as a model for its decisive mandates in this area. This article uses the Philippine case to elucidate how competition among policy coalitions plays out in the formation and change of b...