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General Mills, Colgate-Palmolive Announce Deforestation-Free Policies for...

On Monday, General Mills and Colgate-Palmolive both announced palm oil policies that go beyond standards set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in order to better protect the environment and...

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Grocery Giant Commits to Zero-Deforestation Policy for Palm Oil Sourcing

Safeway, the second biggest U.S. grocery chain, has become the latest company to establish a policy that excludes deforestation-linked palm oil from its products. Safeway will ask its suppliers to...

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Study Warns of Possible REDD+ Land Grab

A new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) found that REDD+, the UN program to reduce global carbon emissions, may be putting indigenous communities at risk, jeopardizing local land...

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Deforestation Makes Indonesia Hotter, Reduces Quality of Life

In a poll of 8,000 people in 800 villages in Borneo, the majority of people said that heat was the biggest impact of deforestation on their health, well-being, and welfare. Read more below to find out...

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Palm Oil, Political Interests, and Land Use in Indonesian Borneo

Palm oil has long been a source of conflict in areas with tropical rainforests. This is especially true in Indonesia where thousands of acres of vital rainforests and other habitats have been degraded...

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Emissions From Rainforest Logging Average 16% of Those From Deforestation

A new study that evaluated six countries found that carbon emissions from selective logging operations in tropical rainforests are roughly a sixth of those from outright forest clearing. Read more to...

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A Hunger for Coal Threatens The Heart of Borneo

A new coal mining project may dig up more than a billion tons of coal from an area of global significance, where indigenous people have lived for generations amid the forests and rivers. Read more...

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Oxfam: Despite Zero Deforestation Pledges, Big Food Companies Remain Weak on...

A new report from Oxfam argues that, despite several high profile pledges to phase deforestation out of their supply chains, big food companies are not doing enough to curb their shockingly high annual...

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State Bracing for El Niño

It is generally predicted that El Niño will hit the whole region of South East Asia sometime soon, with some countries hit harder than the rest. Read more below to find out how this weather pattern...

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Another Year of Fires, Another Year of Inaction

With a 70% chance of an El Niño this year, Indonesia could soon be facing the wrath of its near neighbors again as the dry season approaches with the ever present threat of vegetation fires. Read more...

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