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Greenpeace says firms ignore palm-oil impact (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) nbsp;http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/274984  Nov 09, 2007 04:30 AM Surging palmoil demand from the food and biofuel industries threatens to ignite a "climate bomb" as developing countries strip forests and swamps to make way ... Other labels: palmoil, indonesia, forest, trade

When Biofuel is Bad for the Environment (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1688893,00.html  By KRISTA MAHR/RIAU Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 On a recent humid morning in Riau, a province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a young man named Suranto wakes early on a Sunday, wraps a red ... Other labels: deforestation, timber, climate, indonesia, biodiesel, resources

Forest Loss in Sumatra Becomes a Global Issue (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/world/asia/06indo.html?r=1&ref=environmen t&oref=slogin By PETER GELLING Published: December 6, 2007 KUALA CENAKU, Indonesia, Dec. 1 — Here on the island of Sumatra, about 1,200 miles from the global climate talks ... Other labels: indonesia, palmoil, deforestation, forests, government, economy

Population boom will pressure forests (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) From: Reuters Source:  ENN Published July 14, 2008 09:17 AM LONDON (Reuters) Booming demand for food, fuel and wood as the world's population surges from six to nine billion will put unprecedented and unsustainable demand ... Other labels: forests, amazon, indigenous, peoples, conflict, global, warming, blog

World Food Shortage and the Ethanol Bubble (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/37605 From: , Organic Consumers Association, More from this Affiliate Published July 9, 2008 09:21 AM NOTE: Some people say Bush's "biofuel" boom constitutes a greater crime against humanity ... Other labels: blog, food, security, agricultural, policy, us

Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/business/worldbusiness/15food.html?ref=wo rld By ANDREW MARTIN Published: April 15, 2008The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries. That strategy seemed ... Other labels: blog, ethanol, food, security, conflict

UN chief calls for review of biofuels policy (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) Julian Borger, diplomatic editor The Guardian,Saturday April 5 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/05/biofuels.food The UN secretarygeneral, Ban Kimoon, has called for a comprehensive review of the policy on biofuels as a crisis in global food prices partly caused by the increasing ... Other labels: blog, food, security, climate, un

Catholic bishop blasts Brazil on Amazon destruction (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/30740 BRASILIA (Reuters) A senior Roman Catholic bishop criticized Brazil's government on Wednesday for energy and agriculture policies that he said were destroying the Amazon forest and threatening the livelihood of local populations. "We cannot ignore ... Other labels: blog, climate, brazil, agriculture, religion

Crop biofuels 'create carbon debt' (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) From: , Science and Development Network, More from this Affiliate Published February 18, 2008 09:17 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/31344  Two studies have shown that changes in land use to produce cropbased biofuels can ... Other labels: blog, climate, security

Biofuel Crops That Require Destroying Native Ecosystems Worsens Global Warming (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2008) Turning native ecosystems into "farms" for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota and the Nature Conservancy. The carbon lost by converting ... Other labels: climate, blog