Tag: NGO
UK's National Farmers Union criticizes NGOs
Tweet In the UK, the National Farmers Union is criticizing NGOs for downplaying the benefits of biofuels while focusing on supposed negative aspects, forgetting that increased demand for crops from biofuels encourages on-farm investment and R&D that leads to increased net food production. More on the story.
Mexican NGOs protest Chiapas resettlements; say lands may be converted to biofuels
Tweet In Mexico, Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center, Fray Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada Human Rights Center, Serapaz and other NGOs are protesting what they call the forced displacement of local peasant villages in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve. The national government has slated the region for eco-tourism development, while activists at [...]
