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

Alternatives to the green economy from Bolivian civil society

May 31, 2012 • The Bolivian Climate Change Platform has released a position paper on Rio+20 in which they call on “social movements... Read More

Conservation On The Front Line: Muara Tae’s Last Stand Against Big Palm Oil

Jan 24, 2012 • Deep in the interior of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Dayak community of Muara Tae is struggling to defend itself... Read More

Ethiopia: government crackdown intensifies; Indigenous Peoples sound the alarm

Nov 3, 2011 • Growing repression in southwestern Ethiopia is raising fears that soldiers–acting on behalf of Malaysian investors and the government–may soon... Read More

US Investors want a 72,000 hectare palm oil plantation in the middle of the rainforest

Jul 9, 2011 • Conservation groups are on a last-minute run to stop one of the world’s largest private equity firms, the Blackstone... Read More

The Dark Side of Green

May 7, 2011 • In the southern region of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, the most populous... Read More

Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Gather for Rights at the Free Land Camp 2011

May 3, 2011 • More than 800 indigenous people have gathered in Brazil’s capital city for the 8th annual Free Land Camp (Acampamento... Read More

Oil Palm Agression on Palawan Island

Nov 14, 2010 • In addition to the alarming expansion of nickel mining on Palawan island in the Philippines, Indigenous peoples are now... Read More

Palawan: Voices from the Lost Frontier

Apr 24, 2010 • “Voices from the Lost Frontier” exposes the growing threat of mining development on Palawan Island, one of the most... Read More

Mexico: The Lacandona Rainforest is being cleared of its People

Mar 12, 2010 • The Mexican government is moving ahead with an ambitious new plan to surround the Lacandona Forest in Chiapas, Mexico,... Read More

Duta Palma’s Filthy Palm Oil

Nov 14, 2009 • Semunying Jaya, an indigenous village in Borneo, speaks out about the destruction and deforestation of their land by the... Read More

Indigenous Peoples resist acacia plantations on their land

Aug 28, 2009 • The indigenous community of Teluk Meranti in Sumatra is resisting the planned destruction of their territory by the pulpwood... Read More

State of the Forest – Indonesia’s Battle to Save its Rainforests

May 2, 2009 • State of the Forest is a hard-hitting report on the condition of Indonesia’s rainforest today. Still in the production... Read More

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