An Environmentally Friendly Tournment

The United Nations has joined the initiative to ensure the supply of environmentaly friendly transportation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is planning to operate a pilot project to look at bio-diesal and bio-ethanol as alternatives to petrol.

The level of polution and traffic congestion is a major concern for World Cup organisers.

The South African Government says it is committed to environmentally-friendly transport set up for the World Cup. Martin Mokonyama, the deputy director-general at the department of transport, said: "We will be looking at alternative options of technology in terms of vehicles, alternative vehicles, alternative fuels and other modes that produce less or no greenhouse gases