Our sugarcane is greener than your corn: Brazil takes on US
Brazil claims to have clamped down on slash and burn tactics, slave labour and links to deforestation as it seeks to gain foothold in Europe’s lucrative biofuels market.
Ecologist
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Europe's prawn obsession 'devastating' local communities in Bangladesh
The popularity of tropical shrimp – often marketed as scampi, giant shrimp, gambas or tiger prawns - is having a devastating impact on local communities in Bangladesh, reveals a new investigation produced
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Melting chocolate: climate change threatens West Africa's cocoa dominance
Cocoa production will become increasingly difficult in the key growing regions of West Africa by 2030 because of climate change, according to a new study.
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Does Kenya need GM crops as it battles famine in the Horn of Africa?
In the midst of a dire need to feed millions of people facing hunger because of drought, Kenya's newly passed Biosafety Act allows for the importation of GM crops - but at what cost? As the most severe
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China exports its environmental problems as consumer culture booms
China is attempting to pursue the same impossible path as the rest of the world: generating consumer demand and wealth without destroying its natural resources and the planet.
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Chemical warfare: the horrific birth defects linked to tomato pesticides
The 'Immokalee babies' were born with severe deformities after their mothers were each exposed to pesticides whilst harvesting tomatoes. Barry Estabrook reports on the case that shocked the US.
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Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype?
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
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Illegal ivory openly on sale in Chinese cities
<p> Activists question allowing China to participate in ivory trade, with estimates that as much as 90 per cent of retail items in the country are illegal.</p>
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How secretive government agency funded BP pipeline blighted by human rights allegations
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The film that stood up to banana giant Dole over pesticide poisoning (and won)
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