Controls on biofuel vital to help stop forest destruction

The European Union must adopt strict environmental controls for biofuel production, Greenpeace warned on the eve of the EU-Latin America V Summit being held in Lima, Peru on 16 May (1), large scale production of biofuels threatens the region’s forests and other natural environments, which are vital to tackling climate change.

Today, 10 Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner in the ruins of Peru’s Machu Picchu, calling for action —
Greenpeace is calling for the EU and Latin American Summit to adopt sustainability criteria for the growing of biofuels. To qualify as sustainable, biofuels must produce at least 60 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuel equivalents; not cause direct or indirect land-use changes; be produced environmentally and socially responsibly; and must not threaten food security, particularly in developing countries.

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