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Our sugarcane is greener than your corn: Brazil takes on US [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2011
Beth McLoughlin [2]
Ecologist [3]
Tags:
Sugarcane [4], Brazil [5], Biofuel [6], Ethanol [7], Shifting Cultivation [8], Alternative Fuels [9], Legislation [10], Deforestation [11], Land Use [12]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/our-sugarcane-greener-your-corn-brazil-takes-us
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/beth-mcloughlin
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/ecologist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sugarcane
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shifting-cultivation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alternative-fuels
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use