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Greenwash, blackwash: two faces of conservation evil
ConservationBytes.com —
Authority: 411
Beware false prophets, and especially those masquerading as conservationists (or at least ‘green’) when they are not, in fact, doing anything for conservation at all . But this blog site isn’t about typical greenie evil-corporation-making-a-mess-of-the-Earth sermons (there are plenty of those); it’s instead ...4 days ago -
Hope for another Bornean Orangutan.
Orangutan Foundation —
Authority: 418
The translocation of the young female orangutan ( we rescued her last week from an oil palm plantation ) to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve is planned for this week. The young orangutan was named “Memes” by Tigor, Orangutan Reintroduction Manager. Dr Fiqri, our vet, has said Memes is healthy and clear ...5 days ago -
Liberian Government Signs $1.6b Investment Agreement with Indonesia-based Golden Agri-Resources
Net News Publisher —
Authority: 453
The Liberian government has announced that it signed a $1.6 billion investment agreement with the Indonesia-based agribusiness and food company, Golden Agri-Resources. The chairman of the National Investment Commission, Dr. Richard Tolbert, who made the disclosure to reporters in Monrovia Tuesday, said consistent ...6 days ago -
Sumatra hunger strike: the last recourse for a forest community
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org —
Authority: 501
Here in Riau, Indonesia, signs of the struggle to save the last of Sumatra’s forest is everywhere. Daily, the papers cover stories of timber and oil palm companies destroying forests, engaging in corruption, driving land conflicts, sponsoring violence, and marginalizing indigenous peoples. Today, on the way to a ...1 week ago -
RSPO Dispatch: Duta Palma destroys rainforests and lives
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org —
Authority: 501
On the first day of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Pak Jamaluddin was quiet. He said the air conditioning of Kuala Lumpor gave him the flu. He seemed lost among the groups of palm producers, with their Blackberries and dark suits. Exhausted from the canoe rides, bad roads, the concrete maze of Jakarta, ...1 week ago -
Fingers crossed for Tripa - critical Sumatran orangutan habitat
Orangutan Foundation —
Authority: 418
We have just heard that it is very likely that the Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) concession in Tripa will close down! This was reported in a local news source (see below writen in Indonesian). Apparently the article reveals that AAL is no longer in a position to endure the pressure from those “environmental NGOs”. ...1 week ago -
Three Oil Palm Genomes Sequenced Completely
Nerdy Science Blog —
Authority: 412
Palm oil is the world most consumed edible oil. Palm oil is also used as important source of biofuel. The Genome of oil palms, the plant that produces palm oil, had been sequenced by consortium led by Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Orion Genomics and the Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre. The sequence ...1 week ago -
Genes sequenced for three oil palm species; improvements in yield, disease resistance mooted
Biofuels Digest Biofuels DIgest —
Authority: 562
In Malaysia, Orion Genomics and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board announced the comprehensive genetic sequence of three different varieties of oil palm. This genome sequencing of E. oleifera and E. guineensis includes the pisifera and dura palms, typically used as the paternal and maternal line for oil palms, ...2 weeks ago -
Orangutan Rescued From Oil Palm Plantation
Orangutan Foundation —
Authority: 418
Last Sunday the Orangutan Foundation responded to reports of a young female orangutan isolated in a tree in an oil palm plantation. The young female orangutan climbed the Banyan tree when we arrived in the oil palm plantation area at Pandu senjaya village, Pangkalan Lada. Uduk ...2 weeks ago -
RSPO Dispatch: Cargill’s message to local communities – We have no time for you
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org —
Authority: 501
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was founded to create a path towards sustainability in the palm oil industry. A voluntary process, oil palm producers, traders, buyers, and NGO’s have joined up to find an alternative to the massive forest destruction, social conflict, and climate chaos the booming ...2 weeks ago -
Orangutan Adoption Diary -Brian’s future is looking Rosy
Cooler Choice —
Authority: 160
Brian Diary, October 27th 2009 by Hudi WD I am pleased to tell you that the adoption process between the female Bornean orangutan, Rosa and the infant orangutan, Brian is going very well. Brian was confiscated from an oil palm plantation and was taken to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve where he was ...2 weeks ago -
RSPO Dispatch: Tough times, but RSPO is still intact
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org —
Authority: 501
Contrary to a number of sensationalist media reports leading up to this year’s Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil, the RSPO is not breaking up. At the core of the controversy has been the effort to include a commitment by all members of the RSPO to reduce their Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. After two years of ...3 weeks ago -
RSPO Dispatch: Oil palm is not development
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org —
Authority: 501
The RSPO is the world’s largest annual meeting of oil palm industry, environmentalists, human rights advocates, and, most importantly, community members. Today, I watched as a community member from Borneo stood up in front of oil palm producers, NGOs, and technocrats, identified himself as a victim of oil palm ...3 weeks ago -
Alternative Energy: not necessarily the magic solution
Trends Updates —
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The current mantra is to ‘reduce greenhouse gas emissions more than 25 percent by 2020 — and more than 80 percent by 2050.’ While these attempts will curb our dependence on fossil fuels, doing ‘everything possible to promote alternative energy’ may also entail ‘financial, political, and technical pressures ...3 weeks ago -
Zoo offers action-packed Orangutan Caring Week
World Zoo Today —
Authority: 145
A special birthday party for four-year-old orangutan Madju and the launching of a nationwide ‘Don’t Palm Us Off’ campaign on Saturday 7 November (10am – 3pm) will mark the start of Orangutan Caring Week (7 – 14 November) at Auckland Zoo. Party-goers can enjoy free face painting, check out orangutan-related ...4 weeks ago -
Commodity Colonialism – Oil Palm development in Papua New Guinea
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org —
Authority: 501
A new, hard hitting, RAN case study on Cargill’s oil palm operations in PNG, ‘Commodity Colonialism’ , is now available for download HERE . Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a nation that does not easily fit with our society’s dominant ideas of development, property, and conservation. Many Papuans have little ...4 weeks ago
