Global Forest Coalition tells Bali conference: “Biofuels must be stopped”; warns of dramatic rise in world hunger

At the 13th UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia, attended by more than 10,000 delegates from 187 countries, Global Forest Coalition chairperson Miguel Lovera said “agrofuels only take land away from forests and people. They must be stopped.”

Lovera said that biofuels are a cause of global warming because they promote deforestation and the destruction of ecosystems which help regulate the climate.

He referred to Indian farmer protests as a sign that small landowners were already rebelling against the conversion of lands to biofuel plantations. Lovera warned that if biofuels were not stopped, there would be a dramatic rise in world hunger.

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