Biofuelwatch campaign for regulation to ensure that only sustainably-sourced biofuels can be sold in the European Union. We are particularly concerned about the potential of the biofuel market to drive the destruction of old-growth forests, which are significant carbon sinks and sites of considerable biodiversity.



Sustainable biofuels should have been rigorously shown not to have an adverse effect on old growth forests, wetlands and grasslands, greenhouse gas emissions. For example, heat and energy can be sustainably provided by agricultural and forestry waste, whilst sustainable sources of transport fuel include waste vegetable oil and possible future technologies such as algal biodiesel.