Dear all, Firstly, to introduce myself: I am campaign coordinator of the Global Forest Coalition (www.wrm.org.uy/GFC) a global network of NGOs and Indigenous ...
For people from EU countries other than the UK, there are now draft letters to MEPs available in German: http://www.regenwald.org/protestaktion.php?id=113 ...
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Norman Jiwan
norman@...
Dec 5, 2006 9:01 am
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20061128.L01 BRI sets aside Rp 4 trilion for agricultural sector, biofuel lending Business and...
Further to my previous post, I now received a reply from the institute which thinks that there converting Indonesia's rainforest to oil palm plantations for...
There is a rather heatening piece which can be found on The Independents website about protection of the Amazon. In the Brazilian state of Para an area larger...
Another member of this group asked me to post his translation of this article here: La Jornada, México, 23/11/2006 Biofuels and transgenics *Silvia Ribeiro...
In November I had the honour to meet, listen and learn from Luis Evelis Andrade Casama, the President of Organizacion Nacional Indigena De Colombia. He visited...
Stella Semino has asked me to forward a paper on 'Agribusiness and Biofuels written by the Forum of Brazilian NGOs and Social Movements for Environment and...
There is a good article on Grist today. Grist is a large environmental website for US http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/12/05/olmstead/index.html Almuth...
Orang-utans set off for a wild new life Lewis Smith, Environment Reporter · The apes will live in a protected area · Thousands are at risk from logging ...
I will try and do link: http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061204/full/061204-11.html Just go to nature website. They site a study that talks about natural...
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el desaparecido
desaparecido@...
Dec 8, 2006 7:54 pm
hi there here's an online video documenting a talk by Vinod Khosla on ethanol. It's the kind of guy that attends the World Economic Summit in Davos and speaks...
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Annie Sugrue
Annie@...
Dec 8, 2006 7:56 pm
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The article at bottom was in business Independent yesterday. Note, the comment that "It advocates upping the level of biofuel in the fuel mix from today's...
You can find this report if you open 'Files' on the right hand side. Please note that you cannot attach files to posts - you need to upload them under 'Files'...
As commentor notes below, this is another cellulosic ethanol theoretical study - "But when it comes to the production of liquid biofuels, other bioconversion ...
More Indian, Brazilian developments in Africa. This sounds sustainable at first glance – relatively small amounts and small initial pilot project of ...
From the current Grist biofuels series . http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/12/08/philpott/ Biofuel Skeptic Extraordinaire An interview with David...
Three recent articles from planetark.com: Uganda Forest Boss Quits Over Rainforest Plan ... Mail this story to a friend | Printer friendly version UGANDA:...
Humble grasses may be the best source of biofuel 14:20 08 December 2006 NewScientist.com news service Catherine Brahic Humble grasses may be the best source of...
UK Environment Secretary David Miliband has recently posted on his blog mentioning that the UK Government is "looking at the timetable for doubling" the UK's...
The Dutch company Essent made misleading claims to consumers about their electricity from palm oil (I presume they called it climate- friendly and good for the...
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Simone Lovera
simonelovera@...
Dec 12, 2006 8:47 pm
Dear Jim, Thanks for the interesting information. I do want to caution, though, that there is always a risk producers will start planting monocultures of ...
Jim mentioned David Milliband's blog yesterday: http://www.davidmiliband.defra.gov.uk/blogs/ministerial_blog/archive/ 2006/12/11/3947.aspx#comments It is...
