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Palm oil production poses problems for the climate
2014-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Last August, from the window of a jet high over Sumatra, I counted nearly a dozen plumes of smoke rising from the vast jungles and plantations below. Some more than a half-mile wide, they looked like pillars holding up the sky. That week the Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency detected 143 new wildfires in Riau Province, the area beneath my flight. All of the fires were almost certainly related to deforestation for timber operations and agriculture -- predominantly oil palm cultivation. Palm oil...
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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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Palm Oil Partnership for IOI Loders Croklaan and Unilever
2014-10-09 21:19:00| Food Processing
Goal is 100 percent sustainable palm oil for both companies.
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Report rates palm oil companies on sustainability commitments
2014-10-06 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new report published Forest Heroes, an advocacy campaign pushing for an end to deforestation, ranks global palm oil companies on their sustainability commitments. The Green Tigers, authored by Glen Hurowitz, reviews the recent history of environmental policies in the palm oil sector, beginning with the formation of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004 through the wave of comprehensive zero deforestation commitments in 2013-2014. It then looks at individual companies' commitments,...
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Companies hire local communities to evade palm oil restrictions in Indonesia
2014-10-04 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: As more palm oil companies are held accountable for deforestation in Indonesia, a growing number are hiring local communities to do their dirty work. According to the Oil Palm Farmers Union (SPKS), companies promise to buy mature fruits at attractive rates from smallholders and local villages who agree to clear and plant in protected forest areas. Through these agreements, companies distance themselves from the process, leaving the locals to bear responsibility for the destruction. Mansuetus Darto,...
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