Bioenergy threatens forests, warn environment groups

RenewableEnergyFocus.com
07 June 2010

Forest advocacy groups from three continents are warning that bioenergy poses a threat to forests and forest-dependent peoples, and that IS plans for wood-based bioenergy will worsen a dangerous situation.

Increased support for the burning of wood to produce bioenergy is triggering increased logging and expansion of industrial tree plantations in the USA, Ghana, the Congo, Brazil and West Papua, explains the report, Wood-based Bioenergy: The Green Lie.

The report was released by Global Justice Ecology Project, Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch at the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany. They claim their call for an immediate end to wood subsidies and incentives for industrial bioenergy is supported by 90 organisations around the world.

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