Papers produced for UNFCCC, Bali
December 2007

Agrofuels threaten to accelerate global warming

Report by Dr Andrew Boswell, Almuth Ernsting, Deepak Rughani. A new report of critical climate change issues published for the UNFCCC conference, Bali, Dec 2007.

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Biofuels – A new threat to climate and climate justice

Biofuelwatch flyer for Bali A new report of critical climate change issues published for the UNFCCC conference, Bali, Dec 2007. Five reasons why agrofuels undermine climate justice.

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Biofuels : an unfolding disaster

by Dr Andrew Boswell

A overview review of critical social, human and climate issues prior to UNFCCC, Bali, Dec 2007. Published in ECOS, the publication of the British Association of Nature Conservationists, December 2007

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Reports on proposed ‘sustainability standards‘ for agrofuels

“How meaningful are �greenhouse gas standards� for biofuels in a global market?” by Almuth Ernsting

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October 2007



“Paving the Way for Agrofuels: EU policy, sustainability criteria and climate calculations”

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September 2007




A New Fuel Quality Directive: A new instrument for large-scale agrofuel expansion

by Almuth Ernsting

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October 2007




Debate about Reducing Emissions from Deforestation

“Carbon dealers - Papua and Aceh, Aceh�s and Papua�s proposals for greenhouse gas emissions reductions” by Marianne Klute of Watch Indonesia

September 2007

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“'Reduced Emissions From Deforestation': Can Carbon Trading Save Our Ecosystems?” by Deepak Rughani and Almuth Ernsting

July 2007

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“Agrofuels - Towards a Reality Check in Nine Key Areas”

A joint report by 11 organisations submitted at the CBD SBSTTA Meeting on 3rd July 2007

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June 2007



“Agrofuels in Africa”

A new report by the African Biodiversity Network

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June 2007





COUNTRY REPORTS

SOYA AND BIOFUELS, ARGENTINA

Biofuels - Case Study From Entre Rios, Argentina

By Stella Semino, Lilian Joensen, Els Wijnstra, Grupo de Reflexion Rural Argentina, www.grr.org.ar

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June 2007



Argentinean Soy Biofuels For The UK Fishing Fleet?

Joint report by Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Argentina and Biofuelwatch.

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April 2007





COLOMBIA

Report from Colombia emergency conference “Global Crisis, Human Rights and Agrofuels”, Deepak Rughani

February 2007


ECUADOR

Awa people threatened by plywood companies and palm oil industry, Klaus Schenk

February 2007



PALM OIL AND BIOFUELS, INDONESIA

Report on the practices of the world's biggest palm oil trader, Wilmar Group, in Sambas District, Indonesia

Friends of the Earth, Netherlands, Lembaga Gemawan and KONTAK Rayat Borneo

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July 2007



“Buyers and Financiers of the Wilmar Group”

Friends of the Earth, Netherlands

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July 2007



South-East Asia's peat fires and global warming

by Almuth Ernsting

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“An estimation of the expected CO2 emissions caused by producing South East Asian palm oil for biodiesel, compared with the avoided diesel emissions”

by Jim Roland. An analysis based on the most recent science.

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16/02/2007



Report about Indonesia's biofuel developments

Business Watch Indonesia

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August 2007



“Green Gold Biodiesel: Players in Indonesia”

A report by Marianne Klute, Watch Indonesia, on the big companies investing in oil palm plantations in Indonesia.

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24/01/2007




“The global blueprint for a biomass economy” Report

by Almuth Ernsting

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20/01/2007



“Biofuels for transport - a dangerous distraction ” Article by Dr Andrew Boswell,

published by Scientists for Global Responsibility, January 2007 www.sgr.org.uk

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22/02/2007



“Why Tesco should cut its ties with Greenergy” Report

Tesco's investment in Greenergy is incompatible with the former's stated aim to ‘apply the principle of sustainable development’.

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15/12/2006



“How biofuel companies are lobbying against basic environmental safeguards” Report

by Almuth Ernsting: An analysis of industry responses to the EU Biofuel Directive Consultation 2006

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18/9/2006