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A palm oil alternative could help save rainforests
2020-12-15 01:17:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Plantations for palm oil are blamed for rainforest destruction, but an artificial palm oil is close.
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Cocoa farming threatens rainforests in Ivory Coast
2016-10-09 14:26:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Some cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast have encroached on protected land - threatening rainforests.
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The palm oil industry Is destroying Indonesia's rainforests
2016-09-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Audubon: The one with the gun arrived with a cocky flourish, sauntering through the doorway in a white muscle tee and blue jeans torn at the knees. He settled in on the plastic flooring, lit up a thick clove cigarette, and began animatedly to talk about the 23 critically endangered birds he'd shot from the Indonesian sky in the previous five months. All cheekbones and shiny black hair, the handsome 37-year- old passed around his 4.5-millimeter weapon so we visitors could admire its sleek caramel stock and...
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Risk Of Losing Rainforests If Communities Not Protected
2016-09-01 20:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: As global conservation leaders meet in Hawaii for the four-yearly World Conservation Congress, charity Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) calls for specific measures to end the abuse of local communities. There is a growing consensus that securing the rights of indigenous people and other local communities is one of the most effective and sustainable ways to conserve habitats such as rainforests and wildlife. This has been increasingly reflected in international conservation policy and law since the...
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The unexpected: Cold snaps in the sub-tropics, drought in rainforests featured at upcoming ecology conference
2016-07-12 05:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Science Foundation: The unexpected: Cold snaps in the sub-tropics, drought in rainforests featured at upcoming ecology conference National Science Foundation-funded research results presented at 2016 Ecological Society of America meeting in August A cold snap in the Florida sub-tropics affected mangrove and other ecosystems. Cold snaps in sub-tropical ecosystems, life under cities in soils, drought in rainforests, and desertification in grasslands are among the topics featured at the 2016 meeting of the Ecological...
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