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Brochure: ¨Agrofuel, no cure for oil addiction and climate change¨

- About equal distribution of land and energy and sustainable consumption."

This is the long title of a new brochure produced by A SEED. Besides explaining the many aspect of agrofuel related problems it, the brochure is mentioning ways to go to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses and to live with a radical lower energy use.
You can read the brochure on-line print the higher resolution pdf-file version. Or try to obtain a paper version.
Small version (72dpi, 8.8 MB, to read on a screen)
Large version (150dpi, 31.8 MB, to print)

Besides in English version there is also a version in German: "Agrotreibstoffe, kein Mittel gegen Ölabhängigkeit und Klimawandel. - Für eine gerechte Verteilung von Land un Energie sowie ein nachhaltiges Konsumverhalten" Read more...  

"Round Table set to certify damaging soy"

New report published by groups from Europe, the US and South America

The Round Table on Responsible Soy is seeking to legitimise irresponsible, socially and environmentally damaging soy production, according to a new report published on Tuesday 22 April, ahead of the Round Table on Responsible Soy’s third conference in Buenos Aires. Read more...  

Banner Action at GM Soy Conference

Land reforms! NO Steakholder Conferences!

Amsterdam - On the 9th of December (2008) A SEED Europe held a picket-line at a conference on genetically modified soy. The objective of the meeting was to discuss sustainability risks and benefits of GM soy and to formulate management options for companies.  A SEED reminded participants upon arrival that not only is GM still controversial, but so is large-scale soy production in general. A SEED did not participate in the conference itself because the announcement made clear that in our eyes crucial poignant issues in the (GM) soy debate were not open for discussion. Read more...  

Agrofuels: Out of the frying pan into the fire

Why the production of agrofuels offers no solution to global climate problems, but rather creates and intensifies already existing  social and ecological problems. With cases about sugar cane in Brazil, soy in Paraguay and oil palms in Colombia. Read more...  

Still protest needed against agrofuel targets European Commission

After a lot of criticism from a broad range of civil society groups the European Commission decided in september 2008 to add a review of the 2020 agrofuel targets in 2014. But the 5% target for 2015 is there and it didn't slow down the current growth of the use and productions of agrofuels. Also the surface of monoculture field planted with energy crops, like soy, oil palms and sugar cane, is still expanding rapidly. The letter to the European Commission below is giving a good update of the agrofuel developments at the EU level. Read more...  

Soy info-events in Berlin

(Deutsch untenan) On November 12 in Mehringhoeven (Berlin) Anton Pieper from A SEED will report from the social struggles and land conflicts caused by the soy production in Paraguay. The presentation will show the results of the peaceful organised resistance of the small farmers. It will also explain their demands. In the presentation there will also be an analysis of the expectations and changes created by the election of Fernando Lugo as President of Paraguay on April 20 2008. The social movements have helped Lugo with his campaign, but now they expect that something will be done to improve their situation.

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Agrofuel from the soy desert

Agrofuel (often called biofuels0 is often in the news, due to instability in oil producing areas, high oil prices, dwindling reserves and also because a few countries want to do something about climate change, at least in theory. After all, it would be great if we could use all sorts of plant materials to make useable fuels. Many governments, including the Dutch, want to promote its production and use, partly by lowering excise duties on it. The European Commission wants to subsidise the cultivation of sugar beet for ethanol and lower the import tariffs for bio fuels. Car producers are working on models that can run on all sorts of alternative fuels. Read more...  

Sign petition against Toxic Soy

An Appeal to Solidarid and the World Wildlife Fund to stop the poisonous genetic modified soy

The nature protection organisation WWF and the Dutch development organisation Solidaridad are still continuing with the Round Table on Responsible Soy. This is not as positive as it sounds.
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The Forgotten Arguments

Because of the increasing production of soy in South America millions of hectares of rainforest  and savanna are being destroyed. For this reason WWF started a campaign for sustainable soy production. The disappearance of forest and savanna is definitely a big disaster, but in the WWF initiative, many crucial issues are being ignored or put aside: Read more...  

Actions to stop Straathofs mega pigstables

Guerrilla Gardening in the Dutch Betuwe: “Animal industry equals animal suffering, climate disaster, and deforrestation.”

Friday April 17, 2009- 40 activists of the group 'Stop Straathof' made a vegetable garden on the terrain where agro-industrialist Straathof plans to expand one of his many pig farms. The action was a protest against the animal industry and accompanying soy production for animal feed, that causes a lot of suffering in South America. Read more...