L’Oreal

‘Our goal is by 2020 to have none of our products linked to deforestation.’ L’Oreal’s website statement on palm oil This target has been and gone. Still, enormous environmen…

Blue-streaked Lory Eos reticulata

Brilliantly coloured and full of energy, the Blue-streaked Lory (Eos reticulata) is a striking and unique #parrot living in the forests of the Banda Sea Islands, #Indonesia.

Biofuel Boom in Brazil: Green Growth or Greenwash?

Brazil’s booming biofuel industry is driving deforestation, threatening food security, and displacing communities. Take action and boycott palm oil!

Jaguars and Pumas Eat More Monkeys in Damaged Forests

In fragmented forests of Mexico, big cats find it hard to locate prey ungulates instead seeking tree-dwelling #monkeys - that's bad news for primates!

Zoonotic diseases spread from lack of forest cover due to palm oil

#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 areas of #palmoil plantations.

Ecosystems sell cheap for palm-oil filled Snickers and KitKat

A recent report highlighted by Mongabay uncovers that deforestation-linked palm oil may still be in popular snacks like Snickers and Kit Kat, despite pledges from brands like Mars, Nestlé, and Mondelēz to use only deforestation-free palm oil.

Bear Cuscus Ailurops ursinus

The Bear Cuscus also known as the Sulawesi bear cuscus is an unusual and charming marsupial, named for their thick, dark, bear-like fur.

Irrawaddy Dolphin Facts and Threats

Learn Irrawaddy dolphin facts and protect this endangered species, with only 90 to 300 estimated to remain in the wild

Amazon Palm Oil: Top Brands source from Amazon destroyers

Expose the truth about brands like Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Unilever sourcing "sustainable" palm oil from Brazil linked to violence, abuses and fraud. Shame!

Protecting India's Tigers Saves One Million Tonnes of CO2

#India's fifty year long Project #Tiger has been a successful conservation project. A new research study finds that protecting tigers and their rainforest home has additional benefits to #carbonemissions, saving 1 million tonnes of CO2 from being spe…

Spectral Tarsier Tarsius tarsier

The Spectral Tarsier Tarsius tarsier is one of the smallest and most endearing #primates in the world. With the largest eye-to-body ratio of any #mammal, this wide-eyed, nocturnal #insectivore is found only in #Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands.

Toxic Ocean Crisis in Papua New Guinea Sparks Mass Marine Die-Off and Public Health Emergency - Inside Climate News

Thousands of dead fish are washing ashore and people are falling ill too, as officials investigate possible sources of contamination.

Palm Oil Free Soap

Here are some palm oil free soaps that do not contain rainforest-destroying palm oil. If you are ever in doubt look for the prefixes: LAUR, STEAR, GYLC and PALM in the ingredients list on packaging - this is most likely palm oil.

Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo facts and threats Papua New Guinea

Discover Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo facts and threats facing this endangered marsupial in Papua New Guinea

Danone

Savvy consumers have been pressuring French Dairy multinational Danone for decades to cease using deforestation palm oil. Yet they actually haven’t stopped this.

Nestlé

Nestlé is destroying rainforests, releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and killing hundreds of endangered species. Once these animals are gone - they are gone for good.

Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica

The Blue-eyed Cockatoo is a striking and charismatic bird, known for their vivid blue eye rings and expressive crests.

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Protecting Peru’s Grasslands Vital for Spectacled Bears

Peru’s alpine puna grasslands supports foraging of vulnerable Andean bears AKA Spectacled Bears. They prefer young bromeliad plants, Take action for them!

WHO: Palm Oil Industry Greenwashing Like Big Tobacco

What does the $60 billion USD palm oil industry have in common with Big Tobacco? A lot according to this report by the World Health Organisation.

Colgate-Palmolive

Despite global retail giant Colgate-Palmolive forming a coalition with other brands in 2020, virtue-signalling that they will stop all deforestation, they continue to do this - destroying rainforest and releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosp…

So-called 'Net Zero' Flights Flush Rainforest Carbon Into the Sky

Virgin Atlantic airlines now uses ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ however experts call it greenwashing and industry spin causing climate change. Boycott palm oil!

Toxic Paraquat: Banned in EU, but used by farmers in Indonesia

The dangerous pesticide Paraquat is banned in the EU however continues to destroy the lives of palm oil plantation workers in Indonesia.

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Shoebill Balaeniceps rex

With their intense stare and imposing appearance, prehistoric birds Shoebills number fewer than 8000 in the wild. Save them when you boycott palm oil!

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!

Beautiful and Doomed: Saving Bangladesh's Langurs From Extinction

Critically endangered Phayre’s langurs and endangered capped langurs of Bangladesh, are interbreeding raising concerns about their survival, take action!

Molotov cocktail, dead chickens sent to Indonesian government critics, rights groups say

(Corrects paragraph 10 to say a dead chicken was found outside a Greenpeace campaigner's house, not Greenpeace country director's) JAKARTA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of an Indonesian government critic, while others h…

Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua

Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans' cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weaving

PepsiCo uses "sustainable" palm oil from razed indigenous land

PepsiCo's supply chain is linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion.

Spiny-headed Tree Frog Triprion spinosus

Help save the Spiny-headed Tree Frog, elusive and shy arboreal frogs threatened by deforestation in Mexico and Panama. Boycott palm oil for them!

Meat-Stinking Giant Flower Has A Delectable Aroma For Pollinators

Titan Arum AKA ‘Corpse Flowers’ is famous for its repulsive meat smell. Palm oil agriculture is a massive threat to these rare stinky plants. Take action!

Palm Oil Free Cleaning Products

Clean your home without palm oil rainforest destruction. Learn how to spot hidden palm oil in cleaning products and find brands that are palm oil-free

Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

The Nicobar pigeon is the largest pigeon in the world and the closest living relative to the extinct dodo bird. They are famous for their gorgeous iridescent feathers.

Thomas’s Langur Presbytis thomasi

Thomas’s Langur, also known as the North Sumatran Leaf #Monkey is famous for their bold facial stripes giving them a handsome profile. These monkeys are endemic to the lush forests of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Research links West Kalimantan oil palm expansion to environmental damage and social conflict - tanahair.net

Jakarta — A study by the LinkAR Borneo research team has found that the expansion of oil palm plantations operated by PT Equator Sumber Rezeki (PT ESR) has caused extensive environmental damage and triggered social conflict in the conservation corrid…

Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence

The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems.

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Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae

Elusive, forest-dwelling apex predators in New Guinea, Papuan eagles are classified as vulnerable and rapidly declining due to enormous deforestation for mining and palm oil in Papua New Guinea and West Papua along with hunting threats.