GLOBAL WARMING COULD BE A BOON TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – FAO
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has claimed that global warming - whilst posing serious risks for developing countries through flooding and desertification - could actually spur economic growth through sustainable biomass production. Speaking at the recent UN climate change conference in Nairobi, the FAO's Kenya representative Castro Paulino Camarada said with the right technologies, converting biomass such as wood and crop residues, grass, straw and brushwood into fuel could "provide developing countries an ...
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