Report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch
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Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for Agrofuels
By Deepak Rughani A summary of studies on the climate change impacts of agrofuels. Download
Protest at Biofuels Expo and Conference, Newark
Protestors scaled the roof and walls at this exhibition and protested at the gate through which all attendees were passing. Despite claims to be focussing on 'good' biofuels it was attended by companies promoting and benefitting from agrofuel expansion. The home...
Protesters to target Industry and Government Biofuels conference and exhibition
Protesters to target Industry and Government Biofuels conference and exhibition
Declaration of Colombian Social Organizations and Communities Regarding the Intentions of the First Latin American Meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Declaration.
Open Letter to Coreper, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, Claude Turmes (MEP)
Open letter concerning EU agrofuel targets to Coreper, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, Claude Turmes (MEP), copied to ITRE and ENVI. Signed by 58 organisations.
Agrofuels and the Myth of the Marginal Lands
Gaia Foundation, Biofuelwatch, African Biodiversity Network, Salva La Selva, Watch Indonesia! PDF, 281 KB
Response to DBERR Renewable Energy Consultation
Response to DBERR Renewable Energy Consultation, London.
International Biochar Conference Uses False Claims to Promote Dangerous Technology in the name of Climate Change Mitigation
Joint Press Release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch (UK) and Global Justice Ecology Project.
Food is for People not Machines
Communique of the International Conference on Agrofuels supported by 16 African NGOs, Abuja.
Call for an Immediate Moratorium on incentives for biofuels in Australia
Call for an Immediate Moratorium on incentives for biofuels in Australia, Friends of the Earth Australia
Statement by Friends of the Earth Africa
Statement by members of FoE Africa from Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Tunisia and Swaziland, who met for five days in Accra, Ghana reviewing issues that confront the African environment. A particular focus was placed on the current food...
Public hearing against agrofuels in Valle del Cauca
Feedback from a public meeting in which the harsh working conditions for sugar cane workers was described and the environmental effects of monoculture plantations denounced. Download
Small farmers feed the world. Industrial agrofuels fuel hunger and poverty
Via Campesina Position Paper.
Beckton Protests
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Biofuelwatch and Watch Indonesia! warn against plans for UK’s first vegetable oil power plant
Joint press release.
Climate justice groups warn of false solutions to climate change at the CBD
Read the Declaration The Convention on Biological Diversity has increasingly allowed itself to be influenced by business interests in recent years, at the expense of ensuring a democratic equitable process...
MEP Report Calls For 10% Biofuel Target To Be Scrapped
Press Release from AEFJN (Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network), Biofuelwatch, Carbon Trade Watch, COAG, Corporate Europe Observatory, CPE Board, Ecologistas en Acción (Spain), Econexus, FIAN, GRR, the Soya Alliance and the Transnational Institute.