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Indonesian palm oil company denies child labor claims, new allegations arise
2013-02-28 07:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: PT Sinar Sawit Andalan (PT SSA), a palm oil plantation company in Indonesias West Kalimantan province, has denied allegations that the company employs children. PT SSA was responding to a video released earlier this month that showed school-age children carrying polybags at the companys work site in West Kalimantans Sintang district. A Sintang district government team has investigated the claim and released a progress report confirming the companys statements. However another resident of the...
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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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New report shows green biofuels made from palm oil accelerating climate change
2013-02-02 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangor University: Growing oil palm to make green biofuels in the tropics could be accelerating the effects of climate change, say scientists. Researchers from Bangor University found the creation of oil palm plantations are releasing prehistoric sources of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. The findings throw into doubt hopes that biofuels grown in the tropics could help cut greenhouse gas emissions. Working as part of an international team, the north Wales scientists looked at how the deforestation...
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