Sentences with phrase «for palm»

Global demand is so high (and expected to double by 2020), and the Indonesian government eagerly hands out subsidies to growers, that further burning of the land to clear the rainforest for palm oil plantations is inevitable.

But whatever it's called, it's clear that palm oil production is leading to massive deforestation due to carbon - emitting activities like slashing and burning the forest to make way for palm plantations, as well as habitat loss for a wide variety of species like orangutans, tigers, rhinoceros, and elephants.

If there is such thing as a silver lining to the horrific fires burning in Indonesia right now, let's hope it takes the form of global scrutiny at the environmental cost of our hunger for palm oil.

Soaring demand for palm oil is being driven by its use as biofuel, which is increasing carbon emissions as well as destroying forests and biodiversity

Specifically, areas the authors suggest focusing on are restoring formerly forested land, preventing loss of existing forests, improving forestry and livestock management practices, using smarter application of chemical fertilizers and supporting agroforestry, and preventing the draining and conversion of wetlands — most prominently for palm oil cultivation.

via: Financial Times Indonesia, Deforestation Southeast Asia Paying High Environmental Cost for Palm Oil Rainforest Preservation Can Be More Profitable Than Palm Oil Plantations Pay No Attention to the Whining Indonesian Palm Oil Industry

via: The Jakarta Post and Biofuels Digest Palm Oil Greenpeace Activists Detain Palm Oil Tanker: Where Do Readers Stand On Direct Action Southeast Asian Paying High Environmental Cost for Palm Oil UN Says Palm Oil Industry is Wiping Out the Orangutan

A large culprit behind Indonesia's rapid deforestation is the growing worldwide demand for palm oil.

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government aims to impose its homegrown sustainability standard for palm oil on all operators, but concerns persist over the readiness of the previously exempt small - scale farmers...

While there were the common themes that you would expect to find at a gathering of this sort — supplier survey fatigue, how to satisfy campaigning NGOs — a theme emerged on the challenge of engaging smallholders within the supply chain on sustainability and land management, particularly for palm oil, but also cocoa, coffee and timber.

It is also the second episode in which they discuss lost rainforests that were burned for Palm Oil.

When forests are cleared and burned to make way for palm oil plantations, they release their stored carbon back in to the atmosphere contributing to global climate change.

Apparently, the case focused upon Mr. Ona having spoken publicly about the Gabon government's role in providing industry with land for palm oil and rubber plantations.

There are many underlying causes for these fires, including the draining of swampy peat soils to make way for palm oil and pulpwood plantations and the use of illegal slash - and - burn practices by farmers

The new findings could potentially limit the upside for palm oil - based biodiesel.

Bentley Organics, Sodasan, Sonett and Ecoleaf are owned by companies that get our best rating for palm oil because they use sustainable palm oil.

http://news.yahoo.com/prime-indonesian-jungle-cleared-palm-oil-065556710.html Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil Their former hero recently gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side - by - side — violating Indonesia's new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands.

Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil Their former hero recently gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side - by - side — violating Indonesia's new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands.

The vote by MEPs yesterday leaves the door open for palm oil to make an even bigger contribution to biofuels targets across the EU.

(11/12/2010) The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a body that sets environmental standards for palm oil production, has passed a resolution to reconfirm that secondary and degraded forests can classified as High Conservation Value (HCV) areas.

Rising demand for palm oil — consumption by the United States jumped three-fold between 2005 and 2009 and continues to surge in rapidly developing countries like China and India — means that the situation is likely to continue.

Indonesia alone has cleared an area approximately twice the size of Wales to make way for palm trees, and Malaysia has followed similar policies.

Indonesia: No more rainforest clearing for palm oil Indonesia: No more rainforest clearing for palm oil mongabay.com June 5, 2007 Indonesian Minister for Environment Rachmat Witoelar said Indonesia will not...

In 2004 a group of stakeholders — including activists, investors, producers and retailers from around the world — formed the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to develop a certification scheme for palm oil produced through environmentally and socially responsible ways.

Despite a current moratorium on logging for palm plantations in Indonesia — signed by the Malaysian president in 2011 — illegal palm plantings continue.

Environmental concerns mount as palm oil production grows (5/15/2007) The booming market for palm oil is driving record production but fueling rising concerns over the environmental impact of the supposedly «green» bioenergy source.

This briefing was submitted to the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market along with a sign - on letter from over 60 indigenous organizations and NGOs from Peru, Europe, and the United States calling for United Cacao to be removed from trading on AIM for its breaches of AIM rules and ongoing illegal deforestation for palm oil and cacao in the Peruvian Amazon.

«Certification does not stop the rainforests from disappearing, for there is no doubt that the increase in demand for palm oil will lead to further destruction of rainforest.

When tropical forests are cut down for palm oil, large amounts of carbon are released into the atmosphere, accelerating global warming.

There has been tremendous increase in the clearance of forests lands around the world for palm oil production in recent years, which is of major concern to the environment and rights of local forest communities.

Indonesia's alang - alang grasslands, for example, provide a low - opportunity - cost way of meeting rapidly growing demand for palm oil for food.

Kurniawan Sabar, campaign manager for WALHI / Friends of the Earth Indonesia, said: «The people of Indonesia will be relieved to hear that the EU has taken some action to limit Europe's demand for palm oil for biofuels, which has escalated deforestation, land grabbing, and conflicts in Indonesia.

In Indonesia, 60 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions come from land - use change, in part, fuelled by the growing demand for palm oil and agricultural crops.

At present the need for palm oil to make biofuel is reducing the forests in Sumatra, Indonesia and Brazil by an England sized piece each year in each of the three places.

(04/28/2014) An Indonesian has won the world's most prestigious award for environmental activism for his efforts to fight illegal logging, forest encroachment for palm oil production, and a policy that would open up vast swathes of an endangered ecosystem for mining and industrial plantations.

As giant chunks of Indonesia's forests are destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, the government and the businesses that operate in Indonesia need to move as fast as possible to sustainable production methods, as well as make sure that rights over the forest are legally and transparently established.

While consumer awareness and sustainability programs for palm oil have come to the attention of the public, rubber plantations have been coasting under the radar.

On the same island as this conference, wholesale destruction of rain forest for palm oil biodiesel production continues unabated.

Orangutans are endangered because their habitat — the rainforests of Indonesia — is being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations.

Learn to decipher whether or not an item contains palm oil with this list: 50 sneaky names for palm oil.

These treats may be delicious to eat, but they come at an environmental cost — the destruction of tropical rainforests for palm oil production, a key ingredient in confectionery and most processed foods.

«WWF believes it is possible for palm oil imports into Australia to be 100 per cent CSPO by 2015, ensuring our palm oil consumption does not drive the further loss of these amazing habitats,» said Mr Bourne.

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