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Best of 2014: Book takes long look at a controversial crop
BOGOR, Indonesia—Palm oil was a hot topic in 2014, with demand for—and antipathy toward—the tropical forest commodity reaching record highs (even as palm oil prices hit new lows). A new book...
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“Slash and burn” works, given time and space
Indonesia - It’s long been stigmatized, blamed for destroying forests and releasing greenhouse gases. But, when done properly, shifting cultivation can create natural ecosystems with high...
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on the conservation side charge oil palm and pulp and paper for the destruction of...
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Financing farmers: Can funds for oil palm help save our forests?
Indonesia - Palm oil: people love it, hate it or maybe just use it without even knowing. The controversial vegetable oil is found in thousands of consumer products from soap to lipstick, frozen pizza,...
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New map helps track palm-oil supply chains in Borneo
In 2013, a number of major palm-oil buyers, traders and producers promised to stop clearing natural forests. The global multi-billion-dollar business of palm oil is among the world’s most controversial...
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In 2014, many of the world’s major companies buying, trading or producing palm oil and pulp and paper made a joint commitment to stop clearing natural forests by 2020. As the deadline draws near, how...
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Leopards on the loose, a planet inferno, and will fast food giants spark a...
Your most popular post on Forests News last week: Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier? Changing diets in Kapuas Hulu The dawn of the ‘Green Revolution’ saw...
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EU lands palm oil blow, student climate strikes, air pollution worse than...
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are encroaching into state owned forest areas in Indonesia. The issues are complex, researchers say, as they come...
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Oil: Green deceit and a Trump defeat, and did climate change cause Cyclone Idai?
In Forests News last week: International Day of Forests: Two heads look to a future of restoration Director-General of CIFOR, Robert Nasi, and DG of ICRAF, Tony Simons, mark International Day of...
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World deforestation, biodiversity crisis, Cyclone Kenneth and a peckish 83...
In Forests News last week: Earth Day: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist? This multimedia story equipped with beautiful shots of Sumatran elephants, takes you on a journey through their past to...
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