That this House recognises the manifold value of rainforests; notes that palm oil requires a humid equatorial climate to be profitable, hence the current collision between the expansion of oil palm plantations and rainforests, their communities, carbon stores and endangered wildlife such as orangutans; further notes remarks by Friends of the Earth International that sustainability certification of palm oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is no solution as it does not halt deforestation, it does not halt the expansion of damaging oil palm plantations and it does not benefit local communities; further notes that with high oil prices, palm oil growth for bioenergy poses a grave threat to rainforests around the tropics; therefore urges the Government and world community to make it a priority to stop expansion of palm oil monocultures and other industrial-scale farming and agroforestry onto rainforest land, in particular by acting to control consumption of the respective commodities; and to achieve an effective, equitable agreement to curb the loss of natural forest and carbon sinks, in a manner that ensures justice for forest peoples.

That this House recognises the manifold value of rainforests; notes that palm oil requires a humid equatorial climate to be profitable, hence the current collision between the expansion of oil palm plantations and rainforests, their communities, carbon stores and endangered wildlife such as orangutans; further notes remarks by Friends of...

That this House notes that the number of hungry and malnourished people has passed the one billion mark, in part because of rising food prices; further notes the comment by Oliver De Schutter, UN rapporteur on the right to food, that the November 2009 UN Food Summit declaration text omits to mention the diversion of arable land to biofuels, being a major contributor to rising food prices; further notes that several major scientific analyses indicate that first world incentives for liquid biofuels from crops are having a net negative effect on the environment, and that there is no practical mechanism known to rectify this; further notes that medical research is not promoted by placing medicines believed to cause net harm on unlimited sale; therefore seeks a radical reform of EU bioenergy policy so as to put hunger-abatement and environmental objectives first; and urges the Government to place a moratorium on the awarding of Renewables Obligation Certificates to UK power station projects using liquid biofuels from crop sources, which are currently proliferating.

That this House notes that the number of hungry and malnourished people has passed the one billion mark, in part because of rising food prices; further notes the comment by Oliver De Schutter, UN rapporteur on the right to food, that the November 2009 UN Food Summit declaration text omits...

That this House warmly supports the Mayor of Famagusta, Mr Alexis Galanoo, and the members of the Famagusta Municipality on again organising the annual Famagusta Rally to highlight the ongoing injustice Famagusta and its people continue to face in their campaign to return to their homes and lands within the Famagusta area due to the ongoing occupation by the Turkish army, as it is now over 35 years since the invasion and occupation of a large area of the Republic of Cyprus; calls on the British Government to give far greater commitment to this issue in view of the fact that Cyprus is a Commonwealth country and a fellow member of the European Union; and further calls on the Government to make clear to Mr Talat and the Turkish government that the full reopening and development of Famagusta would bring benefits to both Greek and Turkish Cypriots and should greatly strengthen confidence-building in both communities, that would help towards a full agreement for the honourable settlement of this long-running tragedy on the island of Cyprus.

That this House warmly supports the Mayor of Famagusta, Mr Alexis Galanoo, and the members of the Famagusta Municipality on again organising the annual Famagusta Rally to highlight the ongoing injustice Famagusta and its people continue to face in their campaign to return to their homes and lands within the...

That this House recognises that the Government's proposal for new coal-fired power stations trialling a degree of carbon capture and storage (CCS), potentially fully retrofitted by 2025, would be a significant improvement in terms of rules, but would still involve a new wave of largely uncaptured emissions; notes that the Committee on Climate Change has recommended that no coal-fired plant should operate without full CCS by 2025; further notes Scottish Power's call for CCS to be trialled via support for retrofits to existing plant; urges the Government to consider instead addressing the energy gap and fuel poverty concerns largely via a demand rationing-type approach, for example introducing a tax-free allowance for personal electricity use, with tax take concentrated on the excess, facilitated by the rollout of smart meters; further notes that Vaclav Smil's calculation that to bury just 10 per cent. of the world's current carbon dioxide emissions via CCS would involve pumping carbon dioxide underground at a faster rate than all current world crude oil extraction; and considers that rationing-type approaches may have more far-reaching abatement potential than CCS, and so to address the energy gap largely via a rationing-type approach, whilst pioneering CCS out of a smaller network of power stations, would set a much more powerful and apposite example to the rest of the world, as well as achieve faster progress in tackling UK emissions.

That this House recognises that the Government's proposal for new coal-fired power stations trialling a degree of carbon capture and storage (CCS), potentially fully retrofitted by 2025, would be a significant improvement in terms of rules, but would still involve a new wave of largely uncaptured emissions; notes that the...

That this House recognises the manifold value of tropical rainforests; notes evidence presented at the 2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science that deforestation in South East Asia and elsewhere in the tropics is in part being spurred by US and EU biofuel incentives, both indirectly and directly, including via demand for palm oil; regrets Indonesia's decision to resume planting oil palms on rainforest peatlands, which causes huge releases of carbon dioxide; notes the warning by the EU Joint Research Centre that, by such releases alone, the EU biofuel programme is likely to cause more emissions than it saves; further notes the emergency statement by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination against Indonesia for failing to safeguard indigenous peoples' rights in relation to oil palm concessions; urges the government of Indonesia to restore its moratorium on new peatland plantations and to attend more closely to the rights of all its citizens; and further recognises the need both to tackle demand for commodities that incentivise deforestation and for an effective, equitable international agreement to curb deforestation and loss of major carbon sinks in a manner that ensures justice for forest peoples.

That this House recognises the manifold value of tropical rainforests; notes evidence presented at the 2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science that deforestation in South East Asia and elsewhere in the tropics is in part being spurred by US and EU biofuel incentives, both indirectly and directly, including...