EU plans to limit biofuel impact on forests

Updated Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:36 am TWN, Reuters

EU plans to limit biofuel impact on forests

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission plans new rules for biofuels by the end of 2010 to prevent the valuable trade from contributing to the destruction of rainforests, a document seen by Reuters on Thursday showed. Environmentalists have attacked the Commission’s initial proposals in January to get 10 percent of all road transport fuel to come from renewable sources by 2020, as it sought to avert storms, floods and droughts foreseen with climate change.

Much of that 10 percent would come from biofuels, creating a huge potential market that is coveted by exporters such as Brazil and Indonesia, as well as EU farming nations.

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