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Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua
2016-09-07 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Indonesian government is investigating a Korean palm oil giant accused of burning land in the archipelagic countrys easternmost province of Papua. In response to an NGO report alleging that the company, Korindo, has made systematic use of fire to clear land in the heavily forested region, Indonesias environment ministry has sent a team to Papua to to collect material and information, the ministrys law enforcement director Muhammad Yunus told Reuters. The widespread use of fire by oil palm...
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Palm oil firm accused of hiring men to kidnap smog inspectors in Indonesia
2016-09-06 10:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Up to 100 Indonesian men, believed to have been hired by a palm oil firm, took a team of official environmental investigators hostage on Friday and threatened to burn them alive, Indonesias environment ministry has said. The government team of seven were documenting illegal forest fires, which are often set ablaze deliberately by agriculture firms to clear land for replanting during the dry season. The ministry of environment and forestry said its team was held overnight until Saturday morning...
Palm Oil Extracts Reduce Appearance of Wrinkles
2016-09-01 09:06:09| Happi Breaking News
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Palm oil giant IOI Group regains RSPO sustainability certification
2016-08-08 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Palm oil supplier IOI Group has had its certificate for sustainable palm oil reinstated by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), after it was judged to have fulfilled the bodys demands to improve its environmental performance. In a statement issued last Friday, the RSPO said the palm oil supplier would be re-instated with its certificate from Monday. The Malaysia-based conglomerate saw its certification suspended in March this year after the RSPO ruled it was not meeting the certificates...
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RSPO lifts suspension of Malaysian palm oil giant IOI
2016-08-06 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Malaysias IOI Group has regained the right to sell certified sustainable palm oil under the brand of the RSPO, the worlds largest association for ethical production of the commodity. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil had suspended IOIs certification over environmental abuses by the companys units in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, known as Kalimantan. Green groups had accused the company of tearing down rainforest without the proper government permits, operating on carbon-rich,...
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