Endangered species

By jagadees These rainforests are honeypots for flora and fauna, among the most biodiverse places on Earth. Consider the figures. Sumatra – the size of Spain, owned by Indonesia – has 465 species of bird, 194 species of mammal, 217 species of reptile, 272 species of freshwater fish, and an estimated 10...

By 3BL Media A crucial component in countless items found in the typical grocery store—from foods and drugs to personal care items and detergents—palm oil is one the world’s most important vegetable oils and a key ingredient in the plant-based surfactants used by Seventh Generation’s cleaning pr...

By Zo Zhou Indonesian and Malaysian rainforest, the habitat of rare and endangered species such as Orangutans, is often cleared to make way for palm oil plantations. The forest clearance also displaces indigenous communities. Hundreds of thousands of acres of rainforest are cleared each year fo...

By Rhett Butler Cadbury New Zealand, responding to widespread consumer protests, will stop adding palm oil to its milk chocolate products, reports the New Zealand Herald. The candy-maker substituted palm oil and other vegetable fat for cocoa butter earlier this year. The company cited cost savings fo...

 WA 10 to 33 dollars per ton of carbon dioxide, conserving Indonesia's Borneo forests would be more profitable than palm oil development, preventing 2.1 billion tons of carbon emissions and preserving endangered species habitat, the study concludes. ...

By Buck Denton Posted in Animal Welfare, Animals, Conservation, Environment, Extinction, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Policy, Poverty, Science, Sustainability Tagged: Deforestation, Human-Tiger Conflict, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Indonesia, Palm Oil, Palm Oil Production, Sumatra, Sumatr...