World Rainforest Movement

.. PLANTATIONS CAMPAIGN.

Agrofuels
Oil Palm. From Cosmetics to Biodiesel - Colonization Lives On
Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the impacts of the oil palm plantations in the forestss. September 2006. Also available in Spanish

2008

2007

2006
WRM SPECIAL BULLETIN ON AGROFUELES
The serious problem of global warming, the rise in oil prices, the dependency of industrialized countries on oil reserves beyond their frontiers, the interests of agro-business always eager to expand its profits, “western” lifestyles consuming huge amounts of oil – particularly with regards to transport – are at the root of the appearance of fuels derived from plant crops.  The model presenting them – large scale, functional to globalization, consolidating the ransacking of the peoples’ natural assets– offers a “solution” to the energy crisis implying a 360º degree rotation – that is to say, so that everything can continue exactly as it was...

A clear message from the South

    January 6, 2007

    An open letter was sent yesterday to the European Parliament, The European Commission, The Governments and Citizens of The European Union, in which several networks from Latin American countries expressed their “deep concern over the policies that are probably to be adopted to favour the use and import of biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuels, whose disproportionate use is one of the main causes of global warming”.

    The decisions on the EU Biofuels directive being made by the EU commissioners on January 10th are critical to the future of many in the Southern nations. For this reason Latin American networks appealed to the governments and people of the European Union countries to seek solutions that do not worsen the already dramatic social and environmental situation of the peoples of Latin America, Asia and Africa. They have sent this clear meesage from the South.

    Individuals and groups from Europe and other nations are asked to support the Latin American action by:

    - sending a message to the members of the European Commission,

    - re-distributing the Press Release

  • We want food sovereignty, not biofuels - Open letter to the european parliament, the european commission, the governments and citizens of 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. January 2007. Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese
  • Biofuel land grabbing in Northern Ghana - By Bakari Nyari, Vice Chairman of Regional Advisory and Information Network Systems (RAINS), Ghana and African Biodiversity Network Steering Committee member
  • The Round Table on Ir-Responsible Soy - Certifying Soy Expansion, GM Soy and Agrofuels, ASEED Europe, Base Investigaciones Sociales, Corporate Europe Observatory, Grupo de Reflexión Rural, Rain Forest Action Network - April 2008
  • The Geopolitics of Agrofuels - Quito, September 2007. Position Paper of the Global South on Food Sovereignty, Energy Sovereignty and the transition towards a post-oil society. Also available in Spanish

SIGN - UP THE MORATORIUM
Please send a message to h.paul@econexus.info “Signing Agrofuels Moratorium Call ” in the subject line. Please state whether you are signing as an individual or on behalf of an organisation.
Individuals: give name and country. Organisations: give organisation's name and country. Or visit http://www.econexus.info/

LINKS

CLAES
http://www.agrocombustibles.org

Red por una América Latina Libre de Transgénicos
http://www.rallt.org

EU agrofuels and climate change policies
http://www.corporateeurope.org/agrofuels.html

Biofuelwatch
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/resources.php#2007Jan31

Stop-Agrocombustibles
http://stop-agrocombustibles.nireblog.com/

PANOS
http://www.panos.org

 


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