EU WARNED THAT EXCESSIVE USE OF IMPORTED BIOFUELS WILL HIT FOOD PRODUCTION
15 November 2010
A report by the independent Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), says that European countries have chosen to meet EU renewable energy targets by importing so-called first generation biofuels from African countries, Indonesia and Brazil, rather than by promoting the use of advanced biofuels, electric vehicles or energy efficiency to reduce the environmental impact of transport.
The indirect effect of this will be to take between 4.1m and 6.9 hecatares out of food production, and forcing other farming activity in producing countries deeper into forests.
The director of IEEP, says it is vital that the impact of conventional bio-fuel use is urgently addressed, and the situation rectified.
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