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Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda — Locals Paying the Price
A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, …Palm Oil Detectives
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Forest Protection Equals Climate Protection
Forests offer climate protection and safeguard indigenous peoples, endangered animals and rare plants. Deforestation is a major threat. Boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives
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Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock
Energetic and social Western Hoolock Gibbons live in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Known for their close-knit families and melodious singing, they are endangered from palm oil deforestation, timbe…Palm Oil Detectives
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#News: #Deforestation is making mosquitoes bite humans more! 🧐🦟 As #forests disappear, #mosquitoes lose their natural prey and target us instead, spreading diseases like #Zika and #dengue fever. 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…
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Forest loss is driving mosquitoes’ thirst for human blood
In the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are adapting to a human-dominated landscape. Scientists found that many species now prefer feeding on people rather than the forest’s diverse wildlife.ScienceDaily
Deforestation Shifts Tree Species in Brazilian Forests
Deforestation in Brazilian forests causes shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded trees, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage. Take action!Palm Oil Detectives
Tree bark microbes play a role in eliminating greenhouse gases, study finds
Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees offer scientists a crucial clue in the fight against global warming.Cath Adams (ABC News)
The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not
The story of the world’s tropical forests in 2025 was not one of dramatic reversal, but one shaped by accumulated pressure. In several regions, deforestation slowed.Rhett Butler (Mongabay)
#News: 🧐🌳 LanzaTech is developing synthetic #palmoil from recycled carbon, cutting ties to #deforestation. This could fuel the #airline industry without killing #forests and #animals.🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social
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Malayan Forest Gecko Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
The Malayan Forest Gecko, a rare reptile endemic to Peninsular Malaysia’s dense rainforests, is in grave danger due to deforestation for palm oil plantationsPalm Oil Detectives
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New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”
Although #deforestation rates in the Brazilian #Amazon have halved, this globally critical biome is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London…Palm Oil Detectives
The huge danger of commodifying #forests 🌿 🔥 and seeing them as merely an “investment”, denies #indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and #extinction risks. #humanrights 🌴⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-92u?utm_source=ma…
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Seeing Forest As Merely A Carbon “Commodity”: Dangerous Greenwashing
Commodifying forests as merely an investment for ‘carbon credits’ has many dangerous loopholes that human rights to indigenous peoples, take action!Palm Oil Detectives
Postes de MC à l'Université de Lorraine - UMR Silva
Deux postes de maître.sse de conférences vont être ouverts au concours au printemps 2026 dans l'UMR Silvasilva.nancy.hub.inrae.fr
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 #car…Palm Oil Detectives
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Researchers find direct links between deforestation and reduced dietary quality
#Forests 🌳🌿🍃play a critical role in helping #indigenous communities who rely on wild #food to diversify their #diet and meet their nutritional needs. Resist in solidarity for them #Boycottpalmoil 🌴…Palm Oil Detectives
Deforestation Shifts Tree Species in Brazilian Forests
Deforestation in Brazilian forests causes shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded trees, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage. Take action!Palm Oil Detectives
Logged Forests Thrive, While Palm Oil Leaves Little Alive
Research finds selective logging alters forest structure, but palm oil conversion causes more severe damage to biodiversity. Take action boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives
Borneo Forest Dragon Gonocephalus bornensis
The #Borneo Forest Dragon, also known as the Borneo Anglehead #Lizard is a vividly coloured lizard native to Borneo. This arboreal #reptile is known for their prominent crest and beautifully camouf…Palm Oil Detectives
More than 1,300 killed in floods across Asia, as deforestation partly blamed for disaster
Rescuers have struggled to access some villages on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after roads were washed out and bridges collapsed.SBS News
Logged Forests Thrive, While Palm Oil Leaves Little Alive
Research finds selective logging alters forest structure, but palm oil conversion causes more severe damage to biodiversity. Take action boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives
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 #car…Palm Oil Detectives
Nature’s Hidden Wealth: Conservation’s Opportunity
Animals and plants constitute a very small part of our native biodiversity (roughly 5%). The vast majority – fungi, bacteria and the enormous diversity of other microscopic organisms, includi…Palm Oil Detectives
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Vegan Palm Oil Free Christmas Recipes
Boycott palm oil this Christmas 🎅🎄 with 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4WildlifePalm Oil Detectives
Vegan Palm Oil Free Christmas Recipes
Boycott palm oil this Christmas 🎅🎄 with 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4WildlifePalm Oil Detectives
‘The tigers are hungry’: endangered but deadly, the world’s largest big cat is sowing fear in Siberia’s villages
The spread of African swine flu among the wild boars the animals eat has led to the deadliest winter for attacks on people in the Russian region for decades – and a spike in tiger killingsPatrick Greenfield (The Guardian)
Fruit Bats: Super Seed Dispersers Growing African Forests
Fruit bats AKA flying foxes are vital in Africa’s forests as seed dispersers boosting biodiversity. Take action to save these protectors of the rainforest!Palm Oil Detectives
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 #car…Palm Oil Detectives
Vegan Palm Oil Free Christmas Recipes
Boycott palm oil this Christmas 🎅🎄 with 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4WildlifePalm Oil Detectives
Deforestation Shifts Tree Species in Brazilian Forests
Deforestation in Brazilian forests causes shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded trees, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage. Take action!Palm Oil Detectives
Vegan Palm Oil Free Christmas Recipes
Boycott palm oil this Christmas 🎅🎄 with 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4WildlifePalm Oil Detectives
Vegan Palm Oil Free Christmas Recipes
#Christmas is a time for celebration 🎅🎄 This #holiday season try 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes. Good for #forests, #animals 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 Use your wallet as a weapon, #Boy…Palm Oil Detectives
Savage’s Glass Frog Centrolene savagei
Perched on delicate leaves above rushing mountain streams, Centrolene savagei is a rare frog of wonder. The Savage’s Glass Frog, also known as the Savage’s Cochran Frog has translucent …Palm Oil Detectives
#Christmas is a time for celebration 🎅🎄 This #holiday season try 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes. Good for #forests, #animals 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 Use your wallet as a weapon, #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
4yr after global pledge to end #deforestation, amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is not enough
By providing habitat to over 80% of all animals, plants and insects on land, healthy forests are key to sustaining life on #Earth. They also help regulate #weather patterns and global #climate. Trees and other plants absorb atmosphere-warming #carbondioxide.
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#Bats 🦇 are super seed dispersers in #forests all over the world. Discover how the straw-coloured fruit #bat is saving #Africa's forests. Yet they're endangered by #deforestation. Help them and go #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect
Savage’s Glass Frog Centrolene savagei
Perched on delicate leaves above rushing mountain streams, Centrolene savagei is a rare frog of wonder. The Savage’s Glass Frog, also known as the Savage’s Cochran Frog has translucent …Palm Oil Detectives
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 #car…Palm Oil Detectives
Pygmy Hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
The rare and secretive Pygmy Hippopotamus clings to survival as their forest habitat is destroyed for palm oil and meat, help them when you boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives