Tag: palm oil
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10 Reasons Why We Must Save the Indonesian Peatlands
When peatlands are cleared and drained to make way for plantations, like they are for palm oil …
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Small Wild Cats Face Big Threats Including Lack of Conservation Funds
There’s a huge disparity in the amount of funding small cat conservation receives vs. big cat conservation…
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Why is Palm Oil So Bad?
Consumer knowledge on the destructiveness of palm oil production is rising….
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Schwarzenegger’s Financial Ties to Palm Oil and Deforestation Reveal Hypocrisy of Role in ‘Years of Living Dangerously’
On the eve of the premiere of James Cameron’s Years of Living Dangerously, a Showtime documentary on the human impacts of climate change and forest loss, investigations by Global Witness and Friends of the Earth reveal that executive producer and co-star of the show—Arnold Schwarzenegger—has significant financial links to companies causing tropical deforestation and climate…
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Palm Oil Giant Wilmar Promises to End Forest Destruction
The world’s largest trader of palm oil recently announced it will launch a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation policy, a broad environmental and social pact that features a commitment to no deforestation and free, prior informed consent when dealing with indigenous communities. Wilmar International, the Singapore-based agribusiness company, said it “aims to advance an environmentally and socially responsible…