The ecological and social tragedy of crop-based biofuel production in the Americas

This papers addresses the ecological, social and economic implications of biofuel production. The authors argue that contrary to the false claims of corporations that promote these "green fuels," the massive cultivation of corn, sugar cane, soybean, oil palm and other crops presently pushed by the fuel crops industry - all to be genetically engineered - will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but will displace tens of thousands of farmers, decrease food security in many countries, and accelerate the deforestation and environmental destruction of the Global South.