Biofuelwatch
Encyclopedia
Biofuelwatch is an environmental organisation
based in the United Kingdom and US, which works to raise awareness of the negative impacts of industrial biofuels and bioenergy, on biodiversity, human rights, food sovereignty and climate change, human rights
abuses, the impoverishment and dispossession of local populations, water and soil degradation, loss of food sovereignty
and loss of food security
.Biofuelwatch opposes the expansion of industrial monocultures driven by demand for bioenergy, and instead advocates for food sovereignty, agroecological farming practices, ecosystem and biodiversity protection and human rights.
In the UK, Biofuelwatch has an active campaign against bioliquid and biomass power stations and the subsidies (Renewable Obligation Certificates) available for those. In the US, Biofuelwatch works closely with network of groups and campaigners against industrial biomass developments and policies. Internationally, Biofuelwatch works with a variety of groups and networks and is European Focal Point of the Global Forest Coalition. A lot of Biofuelwatch's recent work has focussed on providing a critical perspective on biochar as well. Biofuelwatch also campaigns against market based solutions to climate change, especially the inclusion of soil and forest carbon offsets.
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/aboutus.php for background information about the organisation
Environmental organization
An environmental organization is an organization that seeks to protect, analyze or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation or lobby for these goals....
based in the United Kingdom and US, which works to raise awareness of the negative impacts of industrial biofuels and bioenergy, on biodiversity, human rights, food sovereignty and climate change, human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
abuses, the impoverishment and dispossession of local populations, water and soil degradation, loss of food sovereignty
Food sovereignty
"Food sovereignty" is a term coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996 to refer to a policy framework advocated by a number of farmers, peasants, pastoralists, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, women, rural youth and environmental organizations, namely the claimed "right" of peoples to define their...
and loss of food security
Food security
Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it. A household is considered food-secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute, global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past...
.Biofuelwatch opposes the expansion of industrial monocultures driven by demand for bioenergy, and instead advocates for food sovereignty, agroecological farming practices, ecosystem and biodiversity protection and human rights.
In the UK, Biofuelwatch has an active campaign against bioliquid and biomass power stations and the subsidies (Renewable Obligation Certificates) available for those. In the US, Biofuelwatch works closely with network of groups and campaigners against industrial biomass developments and policies. Internationally, Biofuelwatch works with a variety of groups and networks and is European Focal Point of the Global Forest Coalition. A lot of Biofuelwatch's recent work has focussed on providing a critical perspective on biochar as well. Biofuelwatch also campaigns against market based solutions to climate change, especially the inclusion of soil and forest carbon offsets.
External links
- Biofuelwatch official website
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/aboutus.php for background information about the organisation