The Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
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Biofuels are not so 'green' and harm the tropical environments
"Biofuels can cause more problems than they address" reports Rhett Buttler at mongabay.com. Cerrados in Brazil and peatland swamps in Indonesia are replaced by soja and palm oil plantations. What you gain on one hand, you lose it on the other hand. Read this other article about palm oil plantation in Borneo which refers to Lisa Curran's studies.