Colombia’s experience with palm oil biodiesel, Brazil’s new role in supplying the world with sugarcane-based ethanol, planned agrofuel production in Central America, and corn’s conversion from food to fuel in the United States—the agrofuels push is changing land use and economies throughout the hemisphere. Analysts of the Americas Policy Program from these countries and others shed light on the rising debate over agrofuels and its social and environmental impacts.
Articles in this series from the Americas Policy Program
The Biosafety Protocol and the Future of Biosafety (#13)
By Carmelo Ruiz Marrero
Also available in Spanish
Synthetic Biology’s Role in Agrofuels (#12)
By Carmelo Ruiz Marrero
Also available in Spanish
Losing the Forest for the Trees: Tree Monocultures and the Biofuel Boom (#11)
By Carmelo Ruiz Marrero
Also available in Spanish
Next-Generation Biofuels (#10)
By Carmelo Ruiz Marrero
Also available in Spanish
Biotech Bets on Agrofuels (#9)
By Carmelo Ruiz Marrero
Also available in Spanish
Latin America: The Downside of the GM Revolution (#8)
By Carmelo Ruiz Marrero
Also available in Spanish
Expansion of Biotechnology in Brazil Augments Rural Conflicts (#7)
By Isabella Kenfield
Also available in Spanish
The Agrofuels Trap (#6)
By Laura Carlsen
Also available in Spanish and Portuguese
Biofuels and Small Farmers (#5)
By Victor Quintana
Also available in Spanish
The Dark Side of Agrofuels: Horror in the "Brazilian California" (#4)
By Raúl Zibechi
Also available in Spanish
United States and Brazil: The New Ethanol Alliance (#3)
By Raúl Zibechi
Also available in Spanish
Brazil’s Ethanol Plan Breeds Rural Poverty, Environmental Degradation (#2)
By Isabella Kenfield
Also available in Portuguese
Colombia’s Palm Oil Biodiesel Push (#1)
By Tatiana Roa Avendaño
Also available in Spanish
