07/03/13
Problems of Europe’s appetite for land
Europe must urgently tackle its over-use of the world’s land, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Eur …
26/02/13
Biofuels drive land grabs, EU energy ministers warned
Cape Town/Brussels – Biofuels have driven nearly 300 large-scale land grabs worldwide, a new report by GRAIN r …
22/02/13
Inaction as biofuels continue to grab land and pollute
Reforms to Europe’s rules on biofuels were top of the agenda at a meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels t …
14/02/13
Aluminium, cotton and lithium needlessly wasted – new report
Brussels, February 14, 2013 – Europe is failing to manage its resources sustainably, unnecessarily sending val …
01/02/13
Land grabs and human rights violations in Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are vio …
06/12/12
Reducing Europe’s land dependency and its impacts
Europe’s land footprint is 640 million hectares a year – an area equivalent to 1.5 times the size of Europe it …
