Sentences with phrase «oil plantation did»

That forest chopped down to grow soybeans or create a palm oil plantation did a

The jobs that are created by palm oil plantations do little to benefit local communities as they are often given to migrant workers and are rife with labor rights violations.

Not exact matches

When I first read about the wonderful benefits of coconut oil, I asked my wife Marianita, who grew up on a coconut plantation in the Philippines, if there was a more natural way to extract the oil from the coconut, so that we didn't have to buy the refined coconut oils found in all the stores here in the Philippines.

Some of the clearing is believed done by palm oil plantation companies with Singapore connections.

Noting that, «responsible palm oil production can play an important role in improving the lives of the local communities,» Wilmar says it is working with the government to ensure its plantations don't overlap with the national park.

The researchers also found that certification did not affect fire occurrence in these plantations or the amount of carbon - rich peat swamp forests cleared and drained for oil palm.

When I first read about the wonderful benefits of coconut oil, I asked my wife Marianita, who grew up on a coconut plantation in the Philippines, if there was a more natural way to extract the oil from the coconut, so that we didn't have to buy the refined coconut oils found in all the stores here in the Philippines.

The cotton, sugar and rice plantations and most of the so - far exploited oil fields lie in this area, as does the majority of the population.

The post doesn't mention the new road to the Pacific or the ethanol plant and sugarcane plantations; or the planned road from Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil to Pulcallpa, Peru and the multiple big hydro - energy dam constructions it will support; or the new Peruvian oil leases in indigenous reserves; or the BR$ 35 million worth of oil exploration in the Juruá watershed in Acre; or the Madeira River complex of big hydroelectric projects in Rondonia near Bolivia.

The need to do so will only grow more urgent as the number of such operators continues to increase, expanding their share of Indonesia's oil palm plantation area to 60 percent by 2030.

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,

Did the palm oil come from some Malaysian plantation that is not treating its people ethically?

Planting Plantations on Peat a Climate Change Nightmare A new piece in Mongabay lays out the situation of planting palm oil plantations on the peaty soils underlying the forests of much of Kalimantan in more specific terms, in case you don't already knowPlantations on Peat a Climate Change Nightmare A new piece in Mongabay lays out the situation of planting palm oil plantations on the peaty soils underlying the forests of much of Kalimantan in more specific terms, in case you don't already knowplantations on the peaty soils underlying the forests of much of Kalimantan in more specific terms, in case you don't already know the story.

But you don't have to grow oil palms in vast plantations and in an unsustainable manner; which is where the RSPO comes in.

Goossens said it was also incumbent on oil palm operators to do more in terms of conservation efforts, given that most of the plantations in Sabah are located in areas that are important for many species.