Environment: -Brazil ranks fourth globally in carbon emissions, mostly arising from deforestation -worldwide investment in biofuels rose from $5 billion in 1995 to $38 billion in 2005. Expected to top $100 billion by 2010. -Grains used to fill an SUV tank with ethanol could feed a person for a year. -U.N.' s World Food Programme needs $500 million in additional funding and supples. -Indonesia now ranks 3rd up from 21st according to Wetlands International. -Deforestation accounts for 20% of all current carbon emissions. -300, 000 hectares of Brazilian rainforest lost in the last six months of 2007 -Brazil produces 19 billion litres of sugarcane ethanol, enough to supply 45% of transportation demands. hailed as global biofuel success story.
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