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Malaysian palm oil body encourages fiction over fact
2015-05-17 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In this commentary, David Dellatore, Program Manager at the Sumatran Orangutan Society, questions the value of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council's essay-writing contest which will pay contributors to conclude that palm oil is not a driver of deforestation. Dellatore argues that a solutions-oriented approach is a better use of time and resources. The views expressed are his own. Real science begins with an idea, a hypothesis to test, only which after careful, meticulous research, one works to determine...
Wilmar, Musim Mas supplier caught clearing elephant habitat for palm oil in Aceh
2015-05-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new report provides evidence that a supplier of palm oil giants Wilmar and Musim Mas is bulldozing valuable forests in Indonesias Leuser Ecosystem in violation of the companies zero-deforestation policies. As of April 30, when the reports author, policy development institute Greenomics Indonesia, conducted field checks to verify satellite imagery indicating the destruction, a Mopoli Raya Group subsidiary named Aloer Timur was clearing high-carbon stock (HCS) forest across its concession in...
Palm oil certification body pushes to maintain relevance
2015-05-08 04:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Due to its widening impact on tropical forests yet high profit margins, palm oil is one of the most polarizing crops in the tropics. Scientists and environmentalists warn of the high ecological costs caused by converting peatlands and rainforests for oil palm plantation, but growers and food producers argue that as the highest-yielding oilseed, palm oil is a critical part of the solution to feeding a growing human population as well as a profitable form of land use in otherwise poor areas. As...
Sarawak leader pledges no more logging, palm oil expansion
2015-05-05 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Forest cover status in Sarawak, Sabah, and Brunei as of 2009, according to Bryan et al 2013. Sarawak's leader has allegedly pledged to stop granting industrial timber and palm oil concessions in the Malaysian state's increasingly endangered rainforests, asserts the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF). According to the Switzerland-based forest activist group, Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem told dinner guests at the Malaysian High Commission in London yesterday that he is working to transform...
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Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
2015-05-01 13:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Executives from palm oil giants Wilmar, Cargill and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) appeared at a green investment summit in Jakarta this week, providing a window into the nature of a high-profile, joint sustainability pact the companies have entered into together with Asian Agri, Musim Mas and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin). The agreement, known as the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), has been lauded in some quarters for its potential to transform the sector, a major driver...
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