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France imposes new palm oil tax; Indonesia, Malaysia protest
2016-03-24 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: France has imposed a new levy on palm oil imports, amid protests from the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, the two largest palm oil producers. The tax, part of a wider biodiversity bill, was imposed in the name of protecting the environment. Rapid oil palm expansion is fueling deforestation and social conflict in the tropics even as it drives economic growth. The two Southeast Asian countries say the tax is discriminatory under World Trade Organization rules, but France disputes that because...
The multimillion dollar palm oil deal we should all be worried about
2016-03-07 10:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Its a multimillion dollar tie-up that youve heard little about, but could have major implications for the drive towards a more responsible palm oil sector. After several weeks of speculation, it is expected that Malaysian state-owned commodities company Felda is about to conclude negotiations on the acquisition of a 37% stake in palm oil company PT Eagle High Plantations. This follows an aborted $680m deal late last year, the collapse of which was put down to heavy criticism from investors...
Leading brands unsure if palm oil in products comes from rainforest land
2016-03-04 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some of the worlds largest consumer companies are clueless as to whether palm oil they buy from Indonesia is linked to rainforest destruction, new analysis from Greenpeace shows. The environmental group surveyed 14 companies including multinationals such as PepsiCo, Mars and Unilever, and found that none could confidently claim that no Indonesian rainforest was destroyed in the making of their products. According to the report, titled Cutting deforestation out of the palm oil supply chain,...
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Africa forests 'threatened by palm oil rush'
2016-02-23 02:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Africas tropical forests are threatened by a palm oil bonanza that has already razed millions of old-growth hectares in south-east Asia, Greenpeace France warned on Tuesday. The NGO called on European palm and rubber plantation giant Socfin, which controls vast tracts of tropical land in more than half-a-dozen African nations, to join other multinationals in adopted so-called zero deforestation policies. Dozens of global companies - GAR, Cargill, and Agropalma among commodity producers,...
Birds abroad: How oil palm affects habitat in Mexico
2016-02-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A bird's home is bigger than its nest. Across the Americas, birds and their home habitat reveal much about the health of other species, the health of ecosystems and perhaps even the socio-economic wellbeing of local human communities. In the world of forest bioenergy -- growing crops to use for fuel, heat and other energy -- understanding bird communities is especially important. That's why David Flaspohler, a professor of ornithology at Michigan Technological University, is heading down to Mexico....
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