Declaration signed by over 500 representatives of 80 countries in support of the right to food sovereignty. It includes a statement against “the ‘Green Deserts’ of industrial bio-fuel monocultures and other plantations”.
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Hundreds of NGOs and thousands of individuals call on the EU Leaders Summit to say NO to biofuel targets
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“Full tanks at the cost of empty stomachs”
Declaration on the Lula-Bush biofuels agreement, signed by Comissio Pastoral da Terra (CPT), Grito dos Excluidos, Movimento Sem Terra (MST), Servico Pastoral dos Migrantes (SPM), Rede Social de Justica e Direitos Humanos, Via Campesina.
Biofuels for transport – a dangerous distraction
Article by Dr Andrew Boswell published by Scientists for Global Responsibility, January 2007.
10% biofuel targets a betrayal, say environmentalists and peoples’ organizations
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Expected CO2 emissions caused by producing South East Asian palm oil for biodiesel
An estimation compared with the avoided diesel emissions - based on the most recent science. Jim Roland Download
Open Letter: “We Call On the EU to Abandon Targets For Biofuel Use in Europe”
A letter from 250 organisations and key individuals to the EU Council. Now closed for signatures. Available in the following languages: English, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Portugues. Read the Signatories.
“Palm oil for biofuels increases social conflicts and undermines land reform in Indonesia”
Open Letter to the European Union by Sawit Watch, Indonesia.
‘Ecological Macbeth’ warning over new biofuel incentives
Ecological Macbeth' warning over new biofuel incentives Biofuelwatch, January 24th 2007 As George Bush announces an alternative fuels obligation of 35 billion gallons by 2017, campaigners warn of ecological catastrophe as central ecological goals are thrown to the...
The global blueprint for a biomass economy
Report by Almuth Ernsting.
EU Energy Strategy risks failing to stabilise the climate at the cost of exporting emissions to the global South
Joint Release with Large Scale Biofuels Action Group.
Compete With Life And Win The Secret Truth About Prosperity Laws
Open Letter to the European Union by Alert Against the Green Desert Network, Latin American Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations, Network for a GM free Latin America, Oilwatch South America, World Rainforest Movement.
“Biofuels: A Disaster in the Making”
Declaration signed by 98 organisations from North and South.
South-east Asia’s Peat Fires and Global Warming (update)
Joint Release with Ecological Internet, Watch Indonesia and Save the Rainforest (Germany) for the Nairobi COP12 meeting.
South-east Asia’s Peat Fires and Global Warming
Joint press release by Ecological Internet and Biofuelwatch.
How biofuel companies are lobbying against basic environmental safeguards
An analysis of industry responses to the EU Biofuel Directive Consultation 2006 Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch Download