Ending hunger is usually the first thing one thinks about when thinking about the Millennium Development Goals. Another important goal is environmental sustainability. What happens when they are put into conflict with each other?
Biofuels: Burning Food? via Allianz Knowledge / Latest Articles on 10/20/08 asks,
"Biofuels demand is likely to keep basic food commodity prices 10 to 15 percent higher than they would have been otherwise."
Terri Raney, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on 10/20/08 introduced us to an even darker side with The Gates of Hell - Jungle takes a look at the lesser known side of the ethanol boom.
My task is to translate, photograph, film and get permission to accompany the Brasilian government's Mobile Group on a rescue mission to release men, women and children being forced to work in sub-human conditions...[by] unscrupulous land owners...since 1995, 30,000 slaves have been freed.Other earlier posts from my blogs dealing with biofuels have included:
