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Nancy Maโs Night Monkey Aotus nancymaae
Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the Nancy Maโs night monkeys peer out of the trees during the dusk with their large, soulful eyes and striking facial markings. Also known as the Maโs niโฆPalm Oil Detectives
How the humble mushroom could save forests and fight climateย change
The conversion of forests to agricultural land is happening at a mind-boggling speed. Between 2015 and 2020, the rate of deforestation was estimated at around 10 million hectares every year. From aโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey Lagothrix flavicauda
Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkeys are social and active during daylight hours, living in groups with a dominant male, mature males and females, and young monkeys. They communicate through vocalizations โฆPalm Oil Detectives
Kelloggs/Kellanova
In late 2023, Kelloggs became Kellanova for their US arm. Savvy consumers have been pressuring Kelloggs for decades to cease using deforestation palm oil. Yet they actually havenโt stopped thโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Red-shanked Douc Langur Pygathrix nemaeus
If you have never seen the Red-shanked Douc Langur, you are in for a real treat. These vividly coloured creatures have a fairytale quality. They thrive in lush forests, from lowlands to mountainousโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Danone
Savvy consumers have been pressuring French Dairy multinational Danone for decades to cease using deforestation palm oil. Yet they actually havenโt stopped this. From their website: โDaโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee
Massive, muscular, and critically under threat, the Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee is the endangered ancestor of all domestic buffalo breeds. Once roaming vast swathes of South and Southeast AsiaโฆPalm Oil Detectives
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Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica
The Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sondaica is a critically endangered big cat, with less than 600 of their species alive in the wild today. Once living in Java and Bali, they are now only found inโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Solomon Islands skinkย Corucia zebrata
Imagine a creature straight out of a fantastical computer game โ this could be the Solomon Islands skink Corucia zebrata , also affectionately known as the monkey-tailed skink. Their silhouetโฆPalm Oil Detectives
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Mondelฤz
Despite the virtue-signalling of the palm oil certification body the RSPO, Mondelezโs so-called โsustainableโ palm oil is linked to 37.000ha of palm oil deforestation since 2016 (โฆPalm Oil Detectives
Dwindling tropical rainforests mean lost medicines yet to be discovered in theirย plants
About 80% of the world population relies on compounds derived from plants for medicines to treat various ailments, such as malaria and cancer, and to suppress pain. Our future medicines are likely โฆPalm Oil Detectives