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UN to promote palm oil as conservation solution

2014-11-15 00:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed an agreement with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to promote eco-certified palm oil as part of the broader effort to conserve biodiversity. The move, announced Thursday, commits UNEP and RSPO to work together to uphold standards for certified palm oil and encourage uptake in global markets. UNEP says RSPO-certified palm oil could contribute toward UN development goals. "Our hope is that by combining our political and institutional...

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Publix nabs discount on purchase of Palm Beach shopping center

2014-11-13 16:05:46| Grocery - Topix.net

Publix Super Markets got out its coupon book and purchased a Royal Palm Beach shopping plaza at a discount to its previous price.

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Frontier Airlines returns to Palm Beach International

2014-10-26 15:15:29| Airlines - Topix.net

Frontier Airlines will return to Palm Beach International Airport today with its first non-stop flight from PBIA to Denver in more than six years. The flight is scheduled to leave PBIA at 8 p.m. tonight - making the low-cost carrier the only airline at PBIA offering direct service to Denver, a destination popular with local skiers.

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To become less damaging, target non-forest lands for palm oil, says book

2014-10-16 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Palm oil production has been spectacularly profitable but ecologically disastrous across Southeast Asia, consuming millions of hectares of indigenous lands, rainforests, and peatlands in recent decades. That paradox has made the crop highly controversial despite its importance in providing a high-yielding source of vegetable oil. A new book, published freely online by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), weighs in on the debate and concludes - like many before it - that the problem...

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