UN FAO to establish body to regulate biofuels development on food vs fuel, sustainability criteria

The June summit meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization is expected to propose an intergovernmental group to release guidelines for sustainable biofuels. The draft communique from the summit proposes that the governmental group ”identify best practices for the production and sustainable use of biofuel,” as an effort to address global food price escalation. ”We are firmly convinced that the international community must take, in the immediate future, coordinated action to mitigate and where possible correct the negative impact of increased food prices on the world’s most vulnerable countries and populations,” the draft report says.

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