Sentences with phrase «oil expansion»

Another would protect intact land from palm oil expansion with consultation from indigenous communities.

But environmental groups said the assumptions underlying the EPA's conclusion were too conservative, noting that the agency expects only nine percent of palm oil expansion in Malaysia and 13 percent in Indonesia to occur on peatlands.

The IMF role in Peru's recent conflict over oil expansion is identical (Hunt Oil being the partner, rather than Exxon).

Not only that, the increase in demand for vegetable oil for EU biodiesel has serious knock - on effects, indirectly driving palm oil expansion globally.

Anthony Swift, Canada Project Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that the scientists» declaration is likely the first time the scientific community has weighed in against tar sands oil expansion, and their views should be heeded by governmental leaders and others in the U.S. and Canada.

• Trained seven new cashiers for the State Oil expansion program • Co-developed and assisted in installing state of the art burglar alarm system at the gas station

Global Witness exposé reveals violence, threats, and false promises driving rapid palm oil expansion in Liberia

The establishment of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004 set up voluntary guidelines for «greener» palm oil production and has tried to encourage palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local people.

The EU consumes 40 % more palm oil (for food, fuel and cosmetics) today compared to 6 years ago, despite continual warnings about the unsustainability of palm oil expansion.

The statement is noteworthy in that leaders of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the marketing and lobbying arm of the Malaysian palm oil industry, have maintained that oil expansion has not taken place at the expense of natural forest in Malaysia.

In the end, it seems that unchecked industrial palm oil expansion is neither sustainable nor particularly beneficial to local communities.

Rolf Skar from Greenpeace: «Kerumutan and Bukit Tigapuluh are just two of many endangered forests being decimated by Sinar Mas for paper and palm oil expansion.