A Marind elder named Pius points out that in so-called sustainable palm oil projects, conservation scientists from outside the area who “have never
Sapiens | The Truth About “Sustainable” Palm Oil
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EDGE | Palm oil firms tackling deforestation seen giving better returns
The palm oil industry is facing intensified scrutiny from environmental groups and consumers, amid allegations clearing land for the crop destroys tro
AFP | Big brands breaking pledge to not destroy forests: report
Bob Watson, chair of the UN's IPBES biodiversity panel that warned in April that one million species are threatened with extinction, said in a forewor
Jupiter gazing
Some simple #Jupiter gazing two hours ago...
edie | European food industry driving deforestation and climate change, report says
Forest loss is continuing at an alarming rate. The good news is that we have the partners and tools to fight it, and that when pooling Europe’s dema
Commodities from Indonesia (circa 1950)
Indonesian commodities from Indonesia are well mapped (and documented) over the last 70+ years. A boycott of one (like palm oil) will mainly result in
Jouke Elsinga proved the shape of the earth
A while back The Pure Gospel on the Flat Earth published its 'Top 10 worst excuses for the globe' (https://youtu.be/K-CLgG9uyD4). In it, Jouke mention
Academy of Meloponiculture
I made it onto yet another list of unique things... as someone with a peculiar hive entrance, courtesy of my colony of Heterotrigona itama (a stingles
EurekAlert | Palm oil: Down from the conservation barricades and out of the rhetorical trenches
Our key message is the following: The effects of oil palm, on the environment and on human society, are case-specific and largely dependent on circums
Tropical Forests | The Moral Minefield of Ethical Oil Palm and Sustainable Development
There is much at stake and the often polarised views offer little scope for flexibility. According to some commentators, oil palm is a gift from god,