http://www.choike.org a portal on Southern civil societies http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/6453.html Certification alone cannot guarantee that agrofuels are being produced sustainably. Creating sustainable levels of demand is the only way of guaranteeing sustainable production. The discussion of biofuels in South America may be helpful in the African context. Attempts to use certification schemes to reduce widespread environmental and social problems caused by growing crops for fuels and animal feed are bound to fail, according to a new report released today by Friends of the Earth groups. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/268.html The World Bank is holding a key two-day meeting in Washington DC (14-15 April 2008) to move forward plans to establish its proposed portfolio of climate investment funds (CIFs). The Washington meeting is expected to be followed by another session in May, with approval for establishment of the new funds by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors expected in early July in time for the G8 summit in Japan in July. Environmental NGOs are concerned that the World Bank’s proposed initiatives divert funds away from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and Kyoto Protocol leaving the majority of developing countries out of the negotiations. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1811.html The majority of international tourism activity is conducted in the Northern hemisphere. Further investigation also indicates that tourism is similar to any other global industry. It takes place in the regions of international airline routes and shipping ports as well as other "hubs" which are rich in technology and human resources. Tourism has often been referred to as a North /South industry, in that it is predominantly the rich Northern hemisphere tourists visiting the poor Southern countries in an unequal exchange. Is tourism helping to alleviate poverty in the poor southern hemisphere countries?