On 17th December, the European Parliament is due to vote on two pieces of legislation, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive, each of which will lead to large-scale agrofuel expansion through long-term (2020) targets. Those laws are likely to trigger more land conversion, particularly in the global South, to grow fuel for Europe’s cars, at the expense of forests and people, climate, food and biodiversity.

Rettet den Regenwald (Rainforest Rescue) is coordinating a campaign to persuade MEPs to vote against these proposals You can sign their online letter here.

…or even better, if you live in the UK you can email your MEP directly using the biofuelwatch campaign.

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