Soya production has been advancing rapidly in Paraguay, with landowners, many of them Brazilian, expelling peasant and indigenous families. In the first of two programmes entitled ‘The Price of Biofuels’, Gary Northam talks to some of the affected families. He is clearly shocked at the way these families have lost land (and, at times, their lives), as well as experiencing serious health problems. All so that our cars can run on an ‘environmentally friendly’ fuel…
The Monday Documentary
The Price of Biofuels — two-part series