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Palm oil industry prepares green initiative to counter criticism

Mongabay.com 18 Jan 2008

U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2008

Amazon deforestation surging due to oil, soy prices

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2008

Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2008

E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2008

Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2008

Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2008

Brazil bans illegal soy and cattle production in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2007

Uganda renews plans to log rainforest reserve for sugar cane

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2007

Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2007

Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2007

70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2007

U.S. corn subsidies drive Amazon destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2007

Rainforest destruction continues in tropical Asia

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2007

REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren’t addressed

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2007

Merrill Lynch announces carbon credits-for-forest conservation partnership

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels

Rhett A. Butler 5 Dec 2007

Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2007

Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Palm oil industry announces “eco” standards for production

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2007

Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2007

Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2007

Biodiversity conservation will only work if local people benefit

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Nov 2007

Large-scale agriculture ‘compromises’ forest’s ability to recover

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2007

7-year old nature guide becomes Belize environmental hero as adult

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2007

Law enforcement key to saving Borneo’s rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2007

Greenwashing the palm oil industry

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Planned logging of Woodlark Island for biofuels opposed by islanders and scientists

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2007

Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2007

Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Oct 2007

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