Sentences with phrase «oil palm trees in»

JAKARTA — An artist working with environmental activists has carved out a distress call from a stand of thousands of oil palm trees in a former plantation on the edge...

Not exact matches

by Brian Shilhavy Coconut oil has been around for thousands of years in the tropics where coconut palm trees grow.

In addition to using responsibly sourced palm fruit oil, our gluten free pie shell is allergy friendly and does not contain any of the top eight allergens (milk, eggs, wheat, shellfish, fish, peanuts, tree nuts, soy) or corn!

The world's exploding population has made it profitable for big business to raze forests so it can plant mega crops like soy and oil palm; meanwhile, on a much, much smaller scale, subsistence farmers often clear trees so they can plant crops to feed their families and bring in small amounts of cash.

Palm oil, of course, comes from the palm trees that are found in tropical landscapes and, at times, in the Bronx Botanical Gardens» hothouPalm oil, of course, comes from the palm trees that are found in tropical landscapes and, at times, in the Bronx Botanical Gardens» hothoupalm trees that are found in tropical landscapes and, at times, in the Bronx Botanical Gardens» hothouses.

The greatest danger, he says, is if oil reaches the lowest area of Loreto, where large, marshy areas covered with palm trees are one of the most important carbon stores in the region.

She thinks the dire situation is the result of the high commercial value of many of Borneo's tree species, years of overexploitation, forest fires, the growth of oil palm plantations, and the lack of government control because of vested interests in the logging and palm industries.

According to Sime Darby, one of the largest palm - oil corporations in Malaysia, the ideal tree would not only yield a lot of oil, it would also be on the shorter side, making it easier to reach fruit stalks.

His specimens host a number of traits that plant breeders would want to see in oil - palm trees.

Plant geneticist Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi and her colleagues at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board in Selangor have been trying to understand why supposedly identical trees don't all produce equally good fruit for 30 years.

The palm oil industry is big business in South Asia, but after harvesting the fruit from the oil palm trees, large amounts of leftover biomass known as empty fruit bunch remain.

COCONUT IS A fruit, a seed and a nut that grows on palm trees in over 90 different countries worldwide.1 Its meat, juice, milk and oil have been staples in the diets of many cultures for generations.2

Buy «Bath Towel Tree» products like Palm Tree Beach Towel in Gold, Umbra ® Palm Double Hand Towel Tree in Nickel, Curved Hand Towel Tree in Oil Rubbed Bronze, Hand Towel Tree with Curved Arms in Satin Nickel, Deluxe 4 - Arm Hand Towel Tree in Chrome, Standing Towel Ring in Brushed Nickel, Modern Fingertip Towel Stand

which explores the main causes of deforestation, «Palm Oil Detectives», which gets children to investigate palm oil in household products, and «Tree Champions» which looks at some of the most inspirational people who have spearheaded the conservation and planting of trees in different parts of the woPalm Oil Detectives», which gets children to investigate palm oil in household products, and «Tree Champions» which looks at some of the most inspirational people who have spearheaded the conservation and planting of trees in different parts of the worOil Detectives», which gets children to investigate palm oil in household products, and «Tree Champions» which looks at some of the most inspirational people who have spearheaded the conservation and planting of trees in different parts of the wopalm oil in household products, and «Tree Champions» which looks at some of the most inspirational people who have spearheaded the conservation and planting of trees in different parts of the woroil in household products, and «Tree Champions» which looks at some of the most inspirational people who have spearheaded the conservation and planting of trees in different parts of the world.

I wanted to bring alive everything I loved about my hometown area in Southern California since I was a kid: the sunsets, the palm trees, the mist on June mornings, the greenbelts, the way the bright - green ice plant meets the sand, the ocean - facing restaurants and how it always smells a little like suntan oil and open grills when you're walking down the sidewalk in a beach town.

In the recesses of the roadsides, where the bushes rose high like a forest, even more trees stood: tall irokos, whistling pines, and a scattering of oil and coconut palms.

In Moscow, he is training an African Grey Parrot to announce news phrases as it sits atop an oil palm tree from its native Africa.

Selected Exhibitions 2009 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, For Real, group exhibit 2008 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape Portfolio Edition, solo exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Trees of Life, 30th Anniversary Show, group exhibit 2007 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape, solo exhibit 2006 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 28th Anniversary Exhibition, group exhibit 2005 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Into the Minds of Nine, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, La vie quotidienne: Scenes from Paris to Provence, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 22nd Annual Portrait Show 2004 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes 2004, group exhibit Parker Gallery, Washington, DC, Beyond Brittany: 1977 - 1979, group exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 21st Annual Portrait Show Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Style: Art & Craft for Home & Office, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land, group exhibit 2003 Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda, Inside & Out, House & Home, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Near and Far: Recent Landscape Paintings, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 20th Annual Portrait Show 2002 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, The Dog Days of Summer Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Artists... New Space, Summer Show 2002 2002 Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL, Oil Painters of America, Eleventh Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 19th Annual Portrait Show 2001 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, VA, Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, Oil Painters of America, Tenth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 18th Annual Portrait Show 2000 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC, Studio 310 Reunion Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 17th Annual Portrait Show Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC, Spectrum Plus Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Gallery at 22 1999 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour, recipient of the Steven L. Aschenbrenner Collector's Award Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Works for the Millenium Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 16th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1998 Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, Lightmotifs, solo exhibit Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT, 19th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 15th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1997 Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC, Luminous Journeys, solo exhibit Ballantyne & Douglass Fine Art Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, featured artist The Artists» Museum, Washington, DC Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 14th Annual Portrait Show Morgan Peyton Fine Arts, Charleston, WVA, Journeys through the Virginias, solo exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1996 Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Pleasures of the Garden Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 13th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, 2nd Annual Paintings of the American Landscape Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Landscapes Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, 15th Anniversary Celebration Charles County Community College, La Plata, MD, Landscapes, solo exhibit 1995 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, Landscapes 1994 Hollis Taggart Gallery, Washington, DC, Portraits Montgomery County College, Rockville, MD, George Washington Faculty Exhibit DeMatteis Gallery, Annapolis MD, The Figure Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Portraiture, co-curator 1993 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1992 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1991 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1989 Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, Capital Image 1989 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, National Portrait Exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1988 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Images of Georgetown, A Bicentennial Celebration 1986 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition 1985 Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Washington Landscapes Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, The Capitol Image Today 1985 The Times Journal Co., Springfield, VA, In and Around Washington 1984 St. Petersburg Historical Society, St. Petersburg, FL 1984 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD, Metro Art Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA, juried exhibit curated by Michael Botwinick, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC World Bank Art Society, Washington, DC 1983 Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Areawide Painting Exhibition, juried by Frederick Brandt, curator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA American Artists Professional League, New York, NY, Juried Grand National Exhibition Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

Whether it's the destruction of rainforest shared by elephants and orangutans in Sumatra to produce palm oil; reports linking fast food giants to the burning of tropical forests in Brazil and Bolivia; or the hundreds of thousands of hectares of tree cover loss per year in West Africa — the world's forests are being razed to sate global demand for -LSB-...]

An edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, palm oil has been used as a popular cooking oil in West Africa for centuries.

Palm oil is one of the worst offenders, grown in countries like Indonesia, rich in tropical rainforests whose trees and soil are very rich in carbon.

In Borneo's Tanjung Puting National Park, ancient trees are being felled for oil palm plantations.

And despite Agricultural Ministry statements to the contrary, the trees in palm oil plantations won't absorb even a fraction of the emissions the old forest did: Policy Is Short - Sighted and Factually Inaccurate Gatot Irianto, head of the research and development at the Agriculture Ministry said,

Any carbon dioxide released is recaptured by trees McDonald's says are grown sustainably on certified farms in the Far East, providing the next batch of palm oil for use by the fast - food chain.

the indonesian tropical rainforest is being cleared for palm oil plantations.Hardwood trees which take hundreds of years to grow are being chainsawed down for Diesel fuel Palm Oil which produce Carcenogenic Particles in exhaupalm oil plantations.Hardwood trees which take hundreds of years to grow are being chainsawed down for Diesel fuel Palm Oil which produce Carcenogenic Particles in exhausoil plantations.Hardwood trees which take hundreds of years to grow are being chainsawed down for Diesel fuel Palm Oil which produce Carcenogenic Particles in exhauPalm Oil which produce Carcenogenic Particles in exhausOil which produce Carcenogenic Particles in exhausts.