As countries gradually veer away from fossil fuels and shift to biomass-based renewable energy, there is concern regarding the supply of global wood resources.   Wood reportedly accounts for 67 percent of the world's renewable energy supply, and its use is still increasing. In some European countries, wood demand is said to be very high; there are reports which mention that demand surpasses supply by 600 percent. Thus, many investors look to invest in tree plantations in the tropics. If managed well, it could be a welcome development for tropical countries, specially third-world countries Benefits include job/investment creation, climate change mitigation and environmental conservation. However, researchers from the International Institute for Environment and Development (UK) discussed a possible negative side in this positive development for developing tropical countries. The researchers argued in their paper there is a risk that these plantations can displace poor and marginalized communities from land they have tended to for generations but do not have a formal claim over. Thus, through this paper, the researchers warn policymakers to consider the harm it would do to the food security and the livelihoods of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people if governments lease large areas of land for fuel wood plantations. The researchers also added that countries in the tropics should develop wood for local energy security,not to export it to fuel other countries' energy deficits at the expense of their own people. The full paper is available at the International Institute for Environment and Development website (URL above).