Biofuels
Biofuel, once a niche alternative to fossil fuels, has transformed into a massive global industry as risky and as harmful as any other. Human rights violations, displacement, conflicts due to the expropriation of lands, the destruction of biodiversity and subsistence resources, and the loss of health (eg, due to exposure of chemicals) are just some of the problems that frequent the industry.
Concern over the biofuel industry continues to grow, in hand with the ever-growing demand for alternative sources of fuel.
Resources
- Book Oil Palm. From Cosmetics to Biodiesel – Colonization Lives On
- Website: Bio Fuel Watch
- Website: Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab
- Video Paraguay Deforestation, Native Wildlife Habitat Destruction
- Video The dark side of a green fuel
- Documentary: Palmed Off: Voices from the Oil Palm Plantation
Conservation On The Front Line: Muara Tae’s Last Stand Against Big Palm Oil
Deep in the interior of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Dayak community of Muara Tae is struggling to defend itself from a sustained assault by palm oil companies. It's Muara...
Ethiopia: government crackdown intensifies; Indigenous Peoples sound the alarm
Growing repression in southwestern Ethiopia is raising fears that soldiers--acting on behalf of Malaysian investors and the government--may soon start killing people for refusing to leave their traditional lands...
US Investors want a 72,000 hectare palm oil plantation in the middle of the rainforest
Conservation groups are on a last-minute run to stop one of the world's largest private equity firms, the Blackstone Group, from getting a brand new 72,000 hectare palm oil...
The Dark Side of Green 
In the southern region of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, the most populous indigenous nation of the country silently struggles for its territory,...
Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Gather for Rights at the Free Land Camp 2011
More than 800 indigenous people have gathered in Brazil's capital city for the 8th annual Free Land Camp (Acampamento Terra Livre, ATL), the largest annual mobilization of Indigenous Peoples...
Oil Palm Agression on Palawan Island
In addition to the alarming expansion of nickel mining on Palawan island in the Philippines, Indigenous peoples are now being confronted with new threats posed by the incursion of...
Palawan: Voices from the Lost Frontier
"Voices from the Lost Frontier" exposes the growing threat of mining development on Palawan Island, one of the most bio-diverse regions in Asia. Located between the South China Sea...
Mexico: The Lacandona Rainforest is being cleared of its People
The Mexican government is moving ahead with an ambitious new plan to surround the Lacandona Forest in Chiapas, Mexico, with oil palm plantations; while disguising the forest around the...
Duta Palma’s Filthy Palm Oil
Semunying Jaya, an indigenous village in Borneo, speaks out about the destruction and deforestation of their land by the Palm Oil plantation industry. The Dayak village of Semunying Jaya,...
Indigenous Peoples resist acacia plantations on their land
The indigenous community of Teluk Meranti in Sumatra is resisting the planned destruction of their territory by the pulpwood plantation company RAPP. The company wants to convert the community's...
State of the Forest – Indonesia’s Battle to Save its Rainforests
State of the Forest is a hard-hitting report on the condition of Indonesia's rainforest today. Still in the production phase, the film is presented below in 8 parts. Through...
Stop closing schools for the landless and support MST and WSF
In February 2009, authorities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, prompted the closure of seven schools for the landless, claiming that they are being used by...
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