<![CDATA[palm oil news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Orangutan populations drop due to logging, expansion for palm oil]]> Oryx.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0705-orangs.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0705-orangs.html <![CDATA[Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations]]> New Straits Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil_sarawak.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil_sarawak.html <![CDATA[Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0629-deforestation.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0629-deforestation.html <![CDATA[Malaysian government says no more forest clearing for oil palm plantations]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-palm_oil.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations]]> New Straits Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Global Commodities Boom Fuels New Assault on Amazon]]> http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2010 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2010 <![CDATA[Hunting, deforestation wipe out 6 of 7 hornbill species in Borneo park]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-harrison.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-harrison.html <![CDATA[Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html <![CDATA[Next gen biofuels could decimate rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0527-tilman.html Tue, 27 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0527-tilman.html <![CDATA[Energy firm to mine oil sands in the Republic of Congo]]> The Wall Street Journal.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-roc_oil_sands.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-roc_oil_sands.html <![CDATA[Will consumers pay 10% premium for sustainable palm oil?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-palm_oil.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Half of oil palm expansion in Malaysia, Indonesia occurs at expense of forests]]> Conservation Letters. Analyzing data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Lian Pin Koh and David S. Wilcove of Princeton University found that 55-59 percent of oil palm expansion in Malaysia and at least 56 percent of that in Indonesia occurred at the expense of forests. Given that oil palm plantations are biologically impoverished relative to primary and secondary forests, the researchers recommend restricting future expansion to pre-existing cropland and degraded habitats.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-palm_oil.html Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Tropical deforestation is 'one of the worst crises since we came out of our caves']]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-hance_myers.html Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-hance_myers.html <![CDATA[China to push for overseas acquisition of farmland to improve food security]]> Financial Times. Under a proposal by the Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese companies will be encouraged to acquire farmland overseas. The initiative would make foreign land acquisition by Chinese agricultural firms a central government policy.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-china.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-china.html <![CDATA[Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests]]> The Jakarta Post. The move is a response to growing criticism that oil palm expansion is destroying biologically-rich rainforests and contributing to global warming.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Unilever calls for ban on rainforest destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html <![CDATA[High palm oil prices kill the biodiesel market for Asia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-biodiesel.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-biodiesel.html <![CDATA[Sustainability conference reveals a rift in the Malaysian Palm Oil Council]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-palm_oil.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Unilever admits it can't trace origin of palm oil used in its products]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-greenpeace.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Borneo's pygmy elephants are an alien species]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0418-borneo_elephants.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0418-borneo_elephants.html <![CDATA[Malaysian palm oil industry puts sustainability in the spotlight]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-palm_oil_sustainability.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-palm_oil_sustainability.html <![CDATA[Palm oil boycott an unrealistic approach to conserving biodiversity]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0415-palm_oil_conservation.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0415-palm_oil_conservation.html <![CDATA[Saving the world's most recently discovered cat species in Borneo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0410-interview_hearn_ross.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0410-interview_hearn_ross.html <![CDATA[Global warming solutions are harming indigenous people, says U.N.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-redd_indigenous_people.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-redd_indigenous_people.html <![CDATA[Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-sumatra_road.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-sumatra_road.html <![CDATA[Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html <![CDATA[Malaysia announces $103B development plan for Borneo island]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0213-sarawak.html Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0213-sarawak.html <![CDATA[How activists and scientists saved a rainforest island from destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-hance_woodlark.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[Biofuels are worsening global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-biofuels.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Borneo's Sabah state will see $32B in investment]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-sabah.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-sabah.html <![CDATA[Sustainability mandated for biofuels used in the EU]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html <![CDATA[Palm oil industry prepares geen initiative to counter criticism]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0118-palm_oil.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0118-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-biofuels.html Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_woodlark.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[Indonesia seeks to cut fuel subsidies via biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-indo.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-indo.html <![CDATA[E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel]]> The New York Times. Environmentalists say some biofuels like palm oil are driving the destruction of biologically-rich rainforests and may produce more emissions than conventional fossil fuels.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-woodlark.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-woodlark.html <![CDATA[DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0109-congo.html Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0109-congo.html <![CDATA[Leading biofuels wreak environmental havoc]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-biofuels.html Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Orangutan should become symbol of palm-oil opposition]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0102-palm_oil.html Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0102-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Rainforest destruction increasingly driven by corporate interests, not poverty]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1218-interview_rudel.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1218-interview_rudel.html <![CDATA[Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1213-woodlark.html Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1213-woodlark.html <![CDATA[10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1210-peatlands.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1210-peatlands.html <![CDATA[REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren't addressed]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html <![CDATA[Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-palm_oil_peatlands.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-palm_oil_peatlands.html <![CDATA[Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html <![CDATA[Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html <![CDATA[Cooking oil, palm oil biodiesel can reduce emissions relative to diesel]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1128-biodiesel.html Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1128-biodiesel.html <![CDATA[Palm oil industry announces "eco" standards for production]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1126-palm_oil.html Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1126-palm_oil.html