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Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions
2013-01-31 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Degradation of peat swamps for oil palm and timber plantations is a substantially larger source of greenhouse gas emissions than previously believed, finds a new study published in the journal Nature. An international team of researchers tested the water chemistry of channels draining peatlands in Malaysia and Indonesia. They found high levels of "ancient" carbon, indicating that peat swamp degradation releases carbon that has been locked away for thousands of years. Much of the carbon eventually...
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Study: Growing Palm Oil Could Speed Climate Change
2013-01-30 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Growing palm oil trees to make biofuels could be accelerating the effects of climate change, new research showed on Wednesday, adding further weight to claims the crop is not environmentally sustainable. In a paper published in the journal Nature, an international team of scientists examined how the deforestation of peat swamps in Malaysia to make way for palm oil trees is releasing carbon which has been locked away for thousands of years. Microbes then penetrate the carbon and the harmful greenhouse...
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Palm oil sustainability initiative must rule out deforestation, says group
2013-01-18 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) must implement standards that protect forests and account for greenhouse gas emissions to remain credible, said an environmental group ahead of a that will determine the body's "Principles and Criteria" for the next five years. In a statement issued Friday, The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) called on the RSPO to enact rules that ensure the palm oil it certifies is deforestation free. The moment is now. There wont be another opportunity to...
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