Biofuels – liquids or gases made from plant products including oil crops such as palm, soy, corn, coconut and rapeseed – are not the sound green a
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UNEP | Virus which causes COVID-19 threatens great ape conservation
Both humans and great apes are susceptible to infectious diseases; and introducing human pathogens to the great ape population could result in cat
CSPO | Palm Vs Coconut Oil: What’s the More Sustainable Choice?
An epic rebuttal by Hariri Sadiman (@HSadiman): Sustainability, whether that of palm oil or coconut oil or even rapeseed and soy is an important issu
MB | Study projects 30% more forest cover if wood biomass is managed right; critics call it a disaster
The outcome of the study is the idea that providing a competitive financial incentive is one factor in encouraging the reforestation of areas where wo
MB | Rescuing orangutans ‘doesn’t work’ for apes or forests, studies find
“When you take away protected animals from a forest fragment, you remove any incentive and the legal reason for the landowner to keep those trees st
OZ | How Palm Oil Producers Can Help Elephants and Orangutans
https://youtu.be/7ojWJBs_NEY
CIFOR | Gender and forest tenure reform in Indonesia
This Working Paper analyzes the gender dimensions of forest tenure and forest tenure reform in Indonesia. Data were derived from CIFOR’s researc
IC | How REDD+ and FLEGT-VPA processes are contributing towards SFM in Indonesia – the specialists’ viewpoint
In an effort to reverse the trend of deforestation and forest degradation, several international initiatives have been attempted. Though promoted in d
EIA | After timber exports, now it’s palm oil sustainability Indonesia is seeking to water down
The President’s new regulation doesn’t seem to achieve anything much except for binning the principle on forest protection – raising fears that
EB | Tropical forests’ damage spreads catastrophically
There are already reports that degradation of the rainforest in the Amazon and Congo, amplified by the impact of climate change in the form of extreme