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Philippines targets 8M ha for palm oil production
2014-06-04 02:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Philippines is proposing to convert 8 million hectares (20 million acres) of 'idle, denuded and unproductive lands' for oil palm plantations, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer. According to the newspaper, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje announced the target two weeks ago, arguing that the country could make $50 billion or more from the crop. But environmentalists expressed concern over the idea, suggesting that idle lands should instead be reforested to reduce the incidence of disasters...
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Greenpeace accuses palm oil company & Cameroon govt illegal logging
2014-05-28 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Greenpeace has just accused one of the world's most controversial oil palm companies, Herakles Farms, of colluding with top government officials to sell off illegally logged timber to China. According to a new report from the environmental group, a stealth agreement between Cameroon's Minister of Forestry, Ngole Philip Ngwese, and Herkales Farms-through a shell company-could torpedo the country's agreement with the EU for better timber management. "This was a deliberate attempt to hide an illegal...
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Malaysian palm oil giant loses PNG case, plantations declared illegal
2014-05-24 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Papua New Guinea's National Court has declared two leases held by Malaysia-based Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) null and void, and ordered the government to cancel the licenses to convert nearly 40,000 hectares of rainforest and community forest for oil palm plantations, reports the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The case gained widespread attention after last year's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) conference when members from affected communities met with KLK. That meeting failed...
Greenpeace warns PepsiCo's palm oil policies will fail to halt deforestation
2014-05-22 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: PepsiCo has unveiled a major new palm oil policy that aims to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain. But the new pledges announced last week have been slammed by Greenpeace for failing to go far enough to guarantee its supply chain will be free from deforestation and social conflict. PepsiCo pledged to ensure that all the 450,000 tonnes of palm oil it sources each year will come only from suppliers who are members of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), do not develop on...
ADM Announces Plans To Expand Availability Of Sustainable Palm Oil
2014-05-16 11:51:53| foodingredientsonline Home Page
Archer Daniels Midland Company recently announced its intention to exclusively offer Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified sustainable palm oil to North American customers beginning in 2015
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