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WhiteWave Foods Becomes One Of The First U.S. Companies To Source Sustainable Palm Oil With Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil
2013-10-10 10:33:30| foodingredientsonline News Articles
WhiteWave Foods, the company that makes Silk®, Horizon Organic®,International Delight®, and LAND O LAKES®*, today announced that all products in its portfolio containing palm oil are now sourced according to rules set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Palm oil currently is used in a variety of liquid creamer products
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Palm Beach County (Fla.) board shuts down struggling charter
2013-09-19 19:15:00| American School & University
iGeneration Empowerment Academy told its students earlier this week to enroll elsewhere Schoolhouse Beat read more
Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab
2013-09-18 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Villagers in Indonesias Central Kalimantan province occupied a local government office last week, fed up with the governments lack of action to resolve a long-running land dispute with palm oil company PT Rezeki Alam Semesta Raya. Around 29 villagers occupied the Kuala Kapuas district head office in Central Kalimantan on Thursday. The residents of Sei Ahas, Katimpun, Kalumpang and Pulau Kaladan villages demanded the company return nearly 3,000 hectares of customary land, which they said was...
Controversial oil palm company accused illegal logging in Cameroon rainforest
2013-09-18 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Environmental group, Greenpeace, has accused Herakles Farms of illegal logging in Cameroon after the company has already been lambasted by scientists and conservationists for its plan to build a 70,000 hectare palm oil plantation in one of Africa's most biodiverse rainforests. Herakles Farms has been under fire from green groups-both in Cameroon and abroad-for years over its oil palm plantation plans, including facing protests from locals who live in the forest to be cleared. Now, Greenpeace says...
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Can Indonesia increase palm oil output without destroying forest?
2013-09-11 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The world's biggest producer and consumer of palm oil plans to increase its production of the commodity to meet rising global demand. Indonesia claims it can reach its goal of producing 40m tonnes a year by 2020 without sacrificing sustainability, but campaigners have their doubts. Demand for palm oil, which is used in products as varied chocolate bars, chewing gum, lipstick and washing powder, has grown steadily over the past decade. According to data from the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation,...
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