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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:12 am    Post subject: Flourishing wetland sacrificed for biofuels Reply with quote
A flourishing wetland in Kenya is to be sacrificed to make way for biofuel crops to supply countries such as the UK. Home to 350 species of birds, lions, elephants, reptiles, sharks, fish and various other species as well as people living on the thriving delta will be forced out to make way for a sugarcane crop.

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The High Court has stepped in and stopped the controversial plans to convert the delta into land to grow crops for biofuels for the time being.

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