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Primary rainforest cleared massive palm oil plantations in Peru
2015-05-20 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Two palm oil plantations have recently been established in Peru, supplanting primary forest. Satellite imagery analysis shows extent of the massive development, which is led by a group of companies tied to plantation entrepreneur and United Cacao CEO Dennis Melka. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Investigation Agency. More than 9,400 hectares of closed-canopy Amazonian rainforest has been removed for two oil palm plantations in the Peruvian region of Ucayali since 2011, according to scientists...
Indonesia to weaken peatland protection to support plantations
2015-01-08 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Indonesian Ministry of the Environment and Forestry has announced it will further hobble its peatlands protection law to allow plantations to continue operating on a business as usual basis. Indonesian law number 71/2014 on the protection of peatland ecosystems was passed late last year amid protests by both environmental groups who felt the law did not do enough, and industry activists who claim the law will significantly harm their business and the Indonesian economy. At the center of...
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Elpitiya Plantations PLC - Company Capsule
2014-11-22 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Canadean's "Elpitiya Plantations PLC - Company Capsule" contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations. The profile contains a company overview, key facts, major products
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Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd. - Company Capsule
2014-11-14 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Canadean's "Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd. - Company Capsule" contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations. The profile contains a company overview, key facts, major pro
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Indonesia: Half of Riau's oil palm plantations are illegal
2014-08-12 03:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Half of the oil palm plantations in Sumatra's Riau Province are illegal, said Indonesia's top forestry official. Speaking to Antara News, Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan said that two million of Riau's four million hectares of Riau's oil palm plantations lack permits. "Only two million of the total four million hectares of oil palm plantation area have official permit for forest conversion," Zulkifli was quoted as saying. Four million hectares represents half the area set aside for plantations...