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Wilmar to investigate palm oil company destroying orangutan forest
2014-06-24 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A Wilmar supplier is allegedly destroying orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, potentially putting it in breach of the plantation giant's zero deforestation policy, reports Greenomics. According to analysis of satellite data by Greenomics, PT Sumatera Jaya Agro Lestari (SJAL) has cleared an area of forest that is classified as orangutan habitat. Greenomics says the clearing has occurred since Wilmar's zero deforestation commitment went into effect. The allegations are corroborated by Global...
Palm oil use and production raises hackles around the world
2014-06-13 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Borderzine: The expanding production and use of palm oil has dire consequences for the environment, human health and rain forest wildlife according to those advocating a reduction in palm oil consumption. Palm oil has a low trans-fat compared to vegetable oil but it is extremely high in saturated fat, which is one of the main causes for heart disease. Orangutans, Sumatran elephants, Asian elephants, the sun bear, rhinoceros, and tigers are at risk of extinction as companies expand plantations into rain forests....
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Greenpeace accuses palm oil company & Cameroon govt illegal logging
2014-05-28 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Greenpeace has just accused one of the world's most controversial oil palm companies, Herakles Farms, of colluding with top government officials to sell off illegally logged timber to China. According to a new report from the environmental group, a stealth agreement between Cameroon's Minister of Forestry, Ngole Philip Ngwese, and Herkales Farms-through a shell company-could torpedo the country's agreement with the EU for better timber management. "This was a deliberate attempt to hide an illegal...
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Malaysian palm oil giant loses PNG case, plantations declared illegal
2014-05-24 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Papua New Guinea's National Court has declared two leases held by Malaysia-based Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) null and void, and ordered the government to cancel the licenses to convert nearly 40,000 hectares of rainforest and community forest for oil palm plantations, reports the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The case gained widespread attention after last year's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) conference when members from affected communities met with KLK. That meeting failed...
Greenpeace warns PepsiCo's palm oil policies will fail to halt deforestation
2014-05-22 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: PepsiCo has unveiled a major new palm oil policy that aims to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain. But the new pledges announced last week have been slammed by Greenpeace for failing to go far enough to guarantee its supply chain will be free from deforestation and social conflict. PepsiCo pledged to ensure that all the 450,000 tonnes of palm oil it sources each year will come only from suppliers who are members of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), do not develop on...
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