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Calling Out Conflict Palm Oil Laggards One By One
2014-05-14 04:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: PepsiCo is the largest globally distributed snack food company in the world. But the company has yet to take steps to address its Conflict Palm Oil problem and break the link between the products you buy and rainforest destruction. So hundreds of people in dozens of cities around the world will join next Tuesdays Global Day of Action to Cut Conflict Palm Oil and demand change from PepsiCo. But other snack food companies are also refusing to deal with their Conflict Palm Oil problem and they...
Indonesian Villagers Driven from Villages in Palm Oil Land Theft
2014-05-07 09:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: Palm oil can be found in many of the products we consume each day. Much of it comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed? Two months ago, soldiers abducted day laborer Titus, hit him with the butts of their rifles, whipped him and then let him wipe off the blood. It was only later that he found out the reason for his torture. A sign had been placed in his village, Bungku, stating, "This...
Palm oil plan unlikely to help communities in Indonesian New Guinea
2014-05-05 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Plans to rapidly expand palm oil production in Indonesian New Guinea are unlikely to boost livelihoods for local communities since most investors are outsiders and the bulk of workers will be migrants, argues a paper published in Environment, Development and Sustainability. The study, authored by Krystof Obidzinski, Ahmad Dermawan and Adi Hadianto, assessed the economics of a government-led push to increase oil palm plantations in the eastern-most part of Indonesia. They found that while initiatives...
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It's time for palm oil using PepsiCo to go 'deforestation free' like their peers
2014-04-21 11:22:26| Beverages - Topix.net
PepsiCo continues to lag behind industry peers who have already promised to ensure that they won't buy from palm oil suppliers linked to tropical deforestation.
Converting Peat Swamp to Palm Oil Plantations Contributes to Climate Change
2014-04-15 07:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental Leader: Converting peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia into industrial oil palm and pulpwood plantations releases emissions, threatens biodiversity and ultimately accelerates climate change, according to a guest column by a Princeton professor and PhD candidate at the university. As trees are stripped from peat swamp to make room for oil palm plantations, the peat is drained and the decomposition releases a large amount of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, David Wilcove, professor of public affairs...
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