(Bio)Fueling Injustice? - Europafrica

Recommendations
These recommendations are based on the principle that there is no reason, a priori, to
oppose biofuels. If it were possible to ensure that they do not endanger food security
and that they contribute to strengthening sustainable small-scale agricultural
production and the realisation of human rights, they would merit support.
Key recommendations
In light of the available evidence on land grabbing, in view of the obligations of the EU and
EU Member States under international human rights law and EU law, and following up on
the recommendations made in the 2010 Monitoring report, the EU and its Member States
are called upon to:
1. Fulfil their respective obligations under international human rights law and the
Lisbon Treaty (in particular the Policy Coherence for Development obligation) by
reviewing and addressing the impact of the EU biofuel policy on developing
countries.
2. Drop the energy based target for agrofuels and freeze all policies which
encourage the use of agrofuels for the transport sector until the impacts of agrofuels
on food security, governance, the environment and human rights have been fully
and objectively assessed, and until adequate measures have been taken to revise
the EU biofuel policy so as to ensure that it does no harm to people in developing
countries.
3. Fulfil the EU development commitments related to food security and to
strengthening sustainable small-scale agricultural production. Adopt as soon
as possible an implementation plan for the policy framework on food security
(COM(2010)127 final), in collaboration with affected people and interested actors,
with particular reference to supporting sustainable food production by small holders
and ensuring secure access to land and secure land tenure including by supporting
human rights based land policies (e.g. under the AU Land Policy Guidelines).
4. Go beyond the voluntary responsible investment paradigm and put in place
legally binding measures to regulate financial and other actors active in agricultural
investment with a view to preventing land-grabbing.
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