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NYT Video on Balancing Brazil's Forests
The New York Times Elisabeth Rosenthal tells of the efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by paying landowners to preserve forests. Worth a read as it talks about how Brazil is trying to balance development and conservation, a key issue for biofuels producers. Deforestation, a critical contributor to climate change, effectively accounts for 20 percent of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions and 70 percent of the emissions in Brazil. Halting new deforestation, experts say, is as powerful aCollected in SugarcaneBlog's videos Aug 24, 2009 -
Radio on Biofuels ILUC
The public radio program, The World, produced by the BBC and others, put out a segment suggesting the debate is heating up in Europe and the United States over the benefits, real or imagined, of increased biofuel production. It's worth a listen, unfortunately.Collected in SugarcaneBlog's videos Jul 1, 2009 -
Al Gore Talks up Sugarcane Biofuels
In his testimony before the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee on January 28 2009, Al Gore was asked by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) about the myth that sugarcane is leading to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. After praising Brazil’s President Lula proposal to contain thought-less deforestation, Gore said, “it’s important to note that the exploitation of the sugarcane growing areas in Brazil, which gives a highly efficient source of ethanol, that’s efficient economically and in terms ofCollected in SugarcaneBlog's videos Jun 18, 2009 -
Cattle, not Biofuels, Responsible for Amazon Destruction
Cattle, not Biofuels, Responsible for Amazon Destruction The radical group Greenpeace just release a report that says that cattle farms, not biofuels, and the demand for cattle products, many of which end up on sale in the U.S. and Europe, is what is driving deforestation in the Amazon. Greenpeace says that one in every eight hectares destroyed globally is due to illegal cattle ranching. If not biofuels, what is driving the destruction of the Amazon? Logging, cattle farming and soy plantations are key, plCollected in SugarcaneBlog's videos Jun 18, 2009
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SugarcaneBlog The New York Times Elisabeth Rosenthal tells of the efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by paying landowners to preserve forests. Worth a read as it talks about how Brazil is trying to balance development and conservation, a key issue for biofuels producers. Deforestation, a critical contributor to climate change, effectively accounts for 20 percent of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions and 70 percent of the emissions in Brazil. Halting new deforestation, experts say, is as powerful a
Aug 24, 2009