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Soy Expansion and its Violent Attack on Local and Indigenous Communities in Paraguay editor's pick

http://www.ramshorn.ca/PARAGUAY_REPORT.pdf#search=%22ABC%20sustainable%20soy%22

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

report details the environmental destruction which results from soy monocultures in Paraguay, as well as human rights abuses against local and indigenous people, and also provides a critique of the Round Table for Sustainable Soy model promoted by WWF (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network ) new

http://www.fanrpan.org/

a Southern African network that promotes food, agriculture and natural resources policies through research, analysis and dialogue at the national, regional and global levels
Added: Jul. 27, 2008 | Rate It

Cocoa Trade in Cote d'Ivoire (COCOA)

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/cocoa.htm

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

report on the impacts on African tropical rainforests caused by one of the World's largest producers of cocoa, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Costa Rica Beef Exports

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/costbeef.htm

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a discussion of deforestation due expressly to cattle ranching with special attention paid to Costa Rica, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

ETC Group

http://www.etcgroup.org/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

dedicated to the conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity, and to the socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies
Added: Jan. 31, 2001 | Rate It

Maize and Biodiversity

http://www.cec.org/maize/index.cfm?varlan=english

documents the effects of transgenic maize in Mexico, investigating the potential for gene flow from genetically modified plants—or transgenic corn—to Mexican maize and its wild relatives
Added: Apr. 17, 2004 | Rate It

Philippine Sugar and Environment

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/philsug.htm

3 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

an assessment on how sugar has exacted a heavy environmental toll in the Philippines, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Poverty Reduction and Biodiversity Conservation: The Complex Role for Intensifying Agriculture

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/mellor.pdf

report by WWF which explores the impacts of agricultural practices on the environment and biodiversity conservation (pdf)
Added: Feb. 01, 2003 | Rate It

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