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The Politics of Agrofuels and Mega-land and Water deals
June 2011
David Fig
Jun Borras
 Sofía Monsalve Suárez

The Procana Bioethanol project in Mozambique is a clear example of how agrofuel investments contribute rather than mitigate climate change, and are often accompanied by dispossession and impoverishment caused by landgrabbing.

It's time for food sovereignty!
January 2011
Jun Borras

The Journal of Peasants Studies has made available a selection of research papers to download free: covering food sovereignty, the politics of land, agrofuels and justice movements.

Political Dynamics of Land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's Role
Political Dynamics of Land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's Ro
January 2011
Jun Borras
Jennifer Franco

The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.

The politics of biofuels, land and agrarian change: editors' introduction
October 2010
Jun Borras
 Philip McMichael, Ian Scoones

This introduction to Land Grabbing and agrarian political economy looks at various issues in the debate, the different theoretical perspectives, as well as the relations between state, capital and society, and the politics of change, resistance and mobilisation for alternatives.

Biochar, a big new threat to people, land and ecosystems
April 2009
TNI
 Biofuelwatch Declaration

Caution urged against proposals for large scale use of charcoal in soils for climate change mitigation and soil reclamation.

Climate Justice Now! No to neoliberal illusions, yes to people’s solutions!
February 2009
TNI

For centuries, productivism and industrial capitalism have been destroying our cultures, exploiting our labour and poisoning our environment.

Now, with the climate crisis, the Earth is saying “enough”, “ya basta”!

Once again, the people who created the problem are telling us that...

Impacts of expansion of sugarcane monocropping for ethanol production
January 2009
TNI
 Maria Luisa Mendonça

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Transforming the Global Economy: Solutions for a Sustainable World
November 2008
Susan George
The crisis that we are seeing today is not only the financial crisis - this is only one aspect of a much bigger systemic crisis that encompasses the social crisis, or crisis of inequality, the financial and the ecological crises, says Susan George in this video lecture, and suggests radical...
The green goldrush
September 2008
Oscar Reyes
The environmental movement has chalked up some significant victories, but the continuing appeal of false market-based solutions, that exacerbate the climate crisis, point to the need for a radical climate justice movement.

It is a long time since activists spray painted ‘We are...

Sugarcane ethanol: a sweet solution for Europe's fuel addiction?
September 2008
TNI
 Corporate Europe Observatory
Brazil's agribusiness is lobbying to make the case, but people and the environment are paying the price.

In spite of overwhelming criticism of agrofuels as a 'solution' to climate change, sugarcane ethanol is often seen as the one more positive exception. The Brazilian government is...

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