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

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dc.contributor.authorAltieri, Miguel A.en
dc.contributor.authorBravo, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAmericasen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:31:29Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:31:29Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
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dc.identifier3436en
dc.identifier.citationFood First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, 20 March 2007, <http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1662>en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67545en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherFood First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, CA, USA.en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.foodfirst.org/node/1662en
dc.rights2008 Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policyen
dc.subjectBiofuel productionen
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas emissionsen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleThe ecological and social tragedy of crop-based biofuel production in the Americasen
dc.typeAbstracten
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