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Why microbial oils could mitigate deforestation from palm oil
Companies are increasingly exploring substitutes to palm oil to cut the risk they face from deforestation in their supply chains.GlobalData Strategic Intelligence (Just Food)
Deadly Harvest: How Demand for Palm Oil Fuels Corruption in Honduras
Latin America is the fastest-growing producer of palm oil, but at what price for the environment and its defenders? Park rangers in Honduras tell harrowing tales of daily threats to their lives andโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Declining primate numbers are threatening Brazilโs Atlanticย forest
#Brazilโs Atlantic Forest, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, is facing severe threats due to deforestation and habitat fragmentation. This has led to a sharp decline in primโฆPalm Oil Detectives
West Papuan Indigenous Women Fight Land Seizures
Indigenous Melanesian women in West Papua fight land seizures for palm oil and sugar plantations, protecting their ancestral rights. Join #BoycottPalmOilPalm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Free Chocolate, Candy and Confectionery
Buying chocolate, candy or lollies as a gift or just want to indulge yourself? Then enjoy your chocolate fix without eating rainforest-destroying palm oil! If you are ever in doubt look for the preโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis
Tucuxi, small freshwater dolphins of Peru Ecuador Colombia and Brazil are Endangered due to fishing nets, deforestation, mercury poisoning from gold mining.Palm Oil Detectives
Indiaโs Palm Oil Plans Wreak Havoc On The Ground
#Indiaโs aggressive push for #palmoil plantations in #Nagaland, #Assam and #Mizoram is wreaking havoc on both the environment and local communities. The government plans to ramp up oil palm cโฆPalm Oil Detectives
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Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the โhippy apesโ?
They are peaceful, female-led and use sex in everyday interactions. Now a new conservation scheme could offer a lifeline to our critically endangered close relatives living on the Congo riverGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Around 25% of Africaโs Land is Damaged: This is How We Fix It!
Almost 25% of all land in Africa has been damaged driven by climate change and deforestation for mining palm oil and cocoa. Take action and protect forests!Palm Oil Detectives
Papuaโs โEmpty Landsโ: A Dangerous Myth Displacing Indigenous Peoples
Challenge a dangerous colonial myth that West Papua is an โempty landโ. This only serves the colonial domination of Indonesia not ancient tribes living there!Palm Oil Detectives
The lengthy childhood of endangered orangutans is written in their teeth
Orangutan populations of all three species are critically endangered in the wild. One of the things that may hamper their survival is the time they take to rear new generations. Just like human motโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Research: Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks Linked to Forest Cover and Palm Oil Expansion
#Research finds that #deforestation is a major cause of #biodiversity loss with a negative impact on human health. Outbreaks of vector-borne #zoonotic #diseases are associated with increases in areโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Explainer: What is a tipping point, and why should we care?
Lately, you may have heard someone say that we have reached a โtipping point.โ Recently, we have witnessed dramatic shifts in our social and economic states of being. Our ability to understand and โฆPalm Oil Detectives
Oreo Cafe in American Dream Mall Site of Mondelฤz Protest โ Human Rights, Deforestation Policies in Supply Chain Criticized - Rainforest Action Network
(East Rutherford, NJ) โ Holiday shoppers at the American Dream Mall were surprised by an unexpected spectacle today as protesters deployed two story banners from the balcony of the iconic...Rainforest Action Network
Oreo Cafe in American Dream Mall Site of Mondelฤz Protest โ Human Rights, Deforestation Policies in Supply Chain Criticized - Rainforest Action Network
(East Rutherford, NJ) โ Holiday shoppers at the American Dream Mall were surprised by an unexpected spectacle today as protesters deployed two story banners from the balcony of the iconic...Rainforest Action Network
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Beef, Palm Oil and Timber: How Wealthy Nations Fuel Deforestation
Beef palm oil, and timber consumption in wealthy nations is driving mass deforestation and species extinction in tropical regions. EUDR is vital to stop this!Palm Oil Detectives
Brands Using Deforestation Palm Oil
These brands have products that contain palm oil sourced from mills that are responsible for the destruction of precious habitats of endangered species. Just in 2020 alone, these brands (along withโฆPalm Oil Detectives
PepsiCo
Despite decades of promises to end deforestation for palm oil PepsiCo (owner of crisp brands Frito-Lay, Cheetos and Doritos along with hundreds of other snack food brands) have continued sourcing pโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes are a regal and graceful bird of Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, and Namibia. Help them to survive and join the boycott4wildlifePalm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Practices Resemble Colonial Exploitation
Indonesian palm oil workers expose industry practices that mirror colonial exploitation: land grabbing, bad conditions, ecocide. Systemic change is needed!Palm Oil Detectives
Meet Chimbu, the blue-eyed, bear-eared tree kangaroo
Tree kangaroos are so unusual that when Europeans first encountered them in Australia in 1872, back on the continent they were sceptical if they were real! Who would believe a #kangaroo could climbโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Echoes of the Ancients: The Wisdom and Power of Elephants
World Elephant Day, celebrated on August 12th, honours the gentle and nurturing giants of Asia and Africa, who are revered for their deep spiritual wisdom, gentle strength, and nurturing natures. OโฆPalm Oil Detectives
LโOreal
โOur goal is by 2020 to have none of our products linked to deforestation.โ LโOrealโs website statement on palm oil This target has been and gone. Still, enormous environmenโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Mondelฤz
Mondelez destroys rainforests, sending animals extinct and release mega-tonnes of carbon into air for so-called โsustainableโ palm oil. Boycott them!Palm Oil Detectives
Malayan Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus
The Malayan Flying Fox, known also as the Large Flying Fox, Giant Fruit Bat, or Kalong, is an ethereal creature of the tropical Asian night. With wingspans reaching 1.7 metres, they are the largestโฆPalm Oil Detectives
How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses
As the global population has doubled to 7.8 billion in about 50 years, industrial agriculture has increased the output from fields and farms to feed humanity. One of the negative outcomes of this tโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes are a regal and graceful bird of Uganda, Tanzania, DRC, and Namibia. Help them to survive and join the boycott4wildlifePalm Oil Detectives
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Dingiso Dendrolagus mbaiso
Known affectionately as the โPanda tree kangarooโ for their black and white faces, dingisos are one of the rarest and most charismatic species of tree kangaroos, living only in the remoโฆPalm Oil Detectives