Not to be confused with the other Blowpipe, a portable surface to air missile used by the British Army from 1975-85, members of the Penan tribe are using traditional methods of battle to try to stop the destruction...
opinion by EPDaily | 2 years ago 162 views | 30 recommendations | 1 comment
TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia - Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study our closest relatives: It was...
created by Mary Richard | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 962 views | 83 recommendations | 12 comments
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza has been in Indonesia for the past six weeks, documenting the threats facing the country's remaining areas of rainforest from illegal logging, palm oil and pulpwood plantations....
created by shrinkydinky | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 410 views | 18 recommendations | 4 comments
"JAKARTA: Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, plans to force manufacturers to use biofuels for some of their energy needs to reduce dependence on imported oil amid soaring global prices. The...
created by Syam AG | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 198 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Greenpeace has launched a campaign today against the makers of Dove soap, who buy palm oil from companies wrecking Indonesia's forests.They launched this morning with some direct actions at the offices and...
created by effective | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 714 views | 20 recommendations | 5 comments
Some plucky Girl Scouts have decided to take a stand on the cookies that group is famous for. They've learned the production of palm oil, an ingredient in the cookies, is bad for the habitat of endangered...
created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 577 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
""A lot of forest has been cut down but they didn't use it at all. We would like to use it for this programme," she told AFP, adding that so far 58 deals worth a total of 12.4 billion dollars have been signed with...
created by uusjio | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 203 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Along with its connection to Brian Mulroney, Archer Daniels Midland, ADM, the major beneficiary of subsidies for bio-fuels in the United States and Canada has a connection with Conrad Black. Other ADM directors and toadies, including former Ambassador Richard Burt...
created by plawiuk | 5 years ago 415 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The production of biofuels, long a cornerstone of the quest for greener energy, may sometimes create more harmful emissions than fossil fuels, scientific studies are finding. Says the NYTimes in an article on Palm Oil. Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare"
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"An estimated 5,000 orangutans are killed each year in Malaysia and Indonesia by the burning of vast tracts of virgin forest to supply the world's growing demand for palm oil. Building roads to the plantations has...
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