Media Release: The Bioeconomy is Bad for Biodiversity, Global Forest Coalition Warns
Obama’s Plan Bodes Ill for Human Rights and the Environment, New Report Finds As U.S. President Obama announced his new « National Bioeconomy Blueprint » today, the Global Forest Coalition [1] unveiled its report, « Bio-economy versus Biodiversity« [2]. The report’s conclusions differ sharply from the President’s “Blueprint,” alerting policy-makers to the serious negative impacts the so-called bioeconomy will have on forests, forest-dependent peoples, and biodiversity. The ‘bioeconomy’ promotes speculative markets for ecosystem-based products and services, which are increasingly promoted as a ‘green’ alternative …
