There’s a growing body of evidence that land-use conversion in the tropics, driven in part by biofuels, negates many of their benefits. Photo: Craig Morey via flickr. The UK government’s own climate advisors have recommended that current biofuel targets for transport of 10% by 2020 are too high, given concerns about their impact on tropical forests. Currently the nation gets about 2.5% of its transpor… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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UK Biofuels Target Should Be Reduced to Protect Tropical Forests: Government Climate Advisors
