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jatropha not magic biofuel crop, experts warn
Synopsis:
Oilseed plant jatropha does not offer an easy answer to biofuel challenges because
yields are unreliable and it can be toxic.
Article from Reuters
UK, September, 2007 Biofuel
Gone Bad: Burma's Atrophying Jatropha
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article highlight: "Each of Burma's states and divisions was ordered to dedicate
around 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) to physic-nut cultivation, pressuring
many ordinary citizens into a massive forced-planting campaign, according to human-rights
groups."
Article
from Time, March, 2009 Toxic
jatropha shrub fuels Mexico's biodiesel push
An
article highlight: "Mexico passed a law last year to push developing biofuels
that don't threaten food security and the agriculture ministry has since identified
some 2.6 million hectares (6.4 million acres) of land with a high potential to
produce jatropha."
Article
from Reuters, March, 2009 Qantas
wants government to establish biofuels industry
An
article highlight: "The scientists said a noxious weed such as jatropha being
considered as a suitable feedstock for aviation fuel displayed a disregard for
the Australian landscape and a lack of concern for the environment. They suggested
consideration be given to nitrogen-fixing, drought-tolerant, native legume trees."
Article from The Australian,
March, 2009 Singapore
Firm to Put $100m Into Jatropha
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article highlight: "Singapore-based Mother Earth Plantations Pte. Ltd., through
its Indonesian subsidiary PT Buana Ibunda, will invest $100 million to develop
jatropha plantations and a refinery in West Timor..."
Article
from the Jakarta Globe, March, 2009 Jatropha
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