Warning Issued Over Invasive Biofuel Crops
Submitted by admin on March 2, 2010 – 5:03 pmNo Comment
(New Energy Focus) The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention (the Council of Europe Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats), has adopted a new recommendation for biofuels.
The recommendation, which is legally binding to member states, states that biofuel crops of species which are already recognised as invasive in the proposed planting region should be avoided.
This has come after the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) – an agency led by the Italian Ministry for the Environment – submitted a report to the Bern Convention which warned that some biofuels crops invade disturbed areas outside cultivated fields and in doing so can impact on native biodiversity. READ MORE
