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U.N. Warns Agrofuel Growth May Breach Human Rights [1]

Large-scale crop plantations are expanding at a rapid pace across southeast Asia, with multinational firms often benefiting the most at the expense of local communities and the environment, two U.N

Publication Date: 
24/05/2012
Jeff Coelho [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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Biofuel [4], Asia [5], Environment [6], Sugarcane [7], Palm Oil [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Europe [10], Carbon Dioxide [11], Food Security [12], Indonesia [13], Food Crops [14], Agriculture [15], Forests [16], Floods [17], Natural Disasters [18], Landslides [19]

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