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Indonesia plans to expand palm oil, cocoa plantations to Nigeria
2013-02-22 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Indonesia and Nigeria have agreed to cooperate in opening plantations for palm oil, cocoa and other commodities in the African country, an Indonesian minister said here on Wednesday. Indonesian Industry Minister MS Hidayat made the statement after he accompanied President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to visit Nigeria last week. "Nigeria has offered land for us, no matter how large we need, because it needs to cooperate with us in the agro-base industry, such as developing palm oil, cocoa and other...
Activists warn of industrial palm oil expansion in Congo rainforest
2013-02-21 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Industrial oil palm plantations are spreading from Malaysia and Indonesia to the Congo raising fears about deforestation and social conflict. A new report by The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK), dramatically entitled The Seeds of Destruction, announces that new palm oil plantations in the Congo rainforest will soon increase fivefold to half a million hectares, an area nearly the size of Delaware. But conservationists warn that by ignoring the lessons of palm oil in Southeast Asia, this trend could...
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Controversial palm oil project concession in Cameroon is 89 percent 'dense natural forest'
2013-02-21 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Satellite mapping and aerial surveys have revealed that a controversial palm oil concession in Cameroon is almost entirely covered by "dense natural forest," according to a new report by Greenpeace. The activist group alleges that the concession, owned by Herakles Farms, is under 89 percent forest cover. The U.S.-based corporation intends to build a 70,000 hectare palm oil plantation in a region surrounded by four protected areas, including Korup National Park, but has faced stiff criticism from...
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Hard Rock International Announces Hotel Development In Celebrity Getaway Destination, Palm Springs, Calif.
2013-02-15 00:31:31| dairynetwork News Articles
Hard Rock International– with hotel locations fromBalitoCancun,San DiegotoSingaporeandChicagotoMacau– announces plans to open Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs in Fall 2013, bringing the legendary Hard Rock vibe to one ofSouthern California's hottest vacation destinations
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Rapacious War Against Nature: Indonesian Palm Oil
2013-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A couple decades ago just prior to my postgraduate studies at The University of Melbourne I had the privilege of visiting an Indonesian rainforest. I encourage everyone to spend one night in a tropical rainforest; its rich array and cacophony of jungle life will change your life -- forever. A lot has changed since then -- the ferocity and scale of 'The War Against Nature' is heartbreaking -- 300 football fields an hour of priceless tropical rainforests are being felled to make room for unregulated...
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