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Ugandans mobilise to save Mabira forest from sugarcane plantation
Esther Nakkazi
20th September, 2011
One of Africa's last remaining tropical forests, Mabira is home to precious wildlife and is an eco tourist attraction. But it is now under threat from sugarcane production. Esther Nakkazi reports more...
The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol
Ella Windsor
2nd March, 2010
Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently more...
Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century?
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2009
You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact? more...
sugarcane: 1/3 of 3
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