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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 12, 2008
Wildlife rangers are finding increasing numbers of Borneo Pygmy elephants injured or killed by snares set by poorly paid oil palm plantation workers, reports Malaysia's Sabah Wildlife Department.
Also tagged: animals, environment, agriculture, asia, poverty, hunting, monkeys, wildlife, malaysia, borneo, conservation, palm oil, elephants, deforestation, biodiversity, poaching, orangutans, plantations
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 7, 2008
The Malaysian palm oil industry is relying on marketing tactics that mislead the public about its environmental performance rather than taking effective steps to become "greener" alleges a new report from the …
Also tagged: environment, agriculture, asia, logging, forests, biodiesel, malaysia, borneo, forestry, biofuels, green marketing, palm oil, sustainability, deforestation, biodiversity, rainforests, green washing, environmental marketing
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 6, 2008
Alta Floresta, a region in the Brazilian Amazon state of Mato Grosso, has experienced one of the highest deforestation rates on the planet since the mid-1980s due to the influx of colonists and ranchers who converted …
Also tagged: animals, interviews, amazon, cats, brazil, featured, hunting, forests, mammals, wildlife, latin america, south america, conservation, deforestation, biodiversity, poaching, carnivores, fragmentation, big cats, rainforests, in situ conservation, cattle ranching, great cats
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 5, 2008
'Children of the Amazon', a new documentary by Denise Zmekhol, looks at the cultural transformation of the Surui and Negarote tribes following the development and improvement of a highway that penetrates deep into the …
Also tagged: reviews, environment, amazon, brazil, forests, forestry, deforestation, rainforests, indigenous people, tribal groups, amazon people, rainforest people
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 5, 2008
Indigenous forest dwellers in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, have rejected a proposal to turn 80,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of the land into an oil palm plantation, reports the Malaysian Star.
Also tagged: environment, asia, forests, malaysia, borneo, forestry, palm oil, rainforests, indigenous people, tribal groups, happy upbeat environmental, rainforest people
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 28, 2008
United Plantations, a Malaysia-based palm oil producer, has become the first oil palm plantation firm to be certified for adopting the strictest standards of sustainability for palm oil production, according to Bernama.
Also tagged: certification, environment, asia, forests, indonesia, malaysia, palm oil, sustainability, deforestation, rainforests, plantations, threats to the rainforest
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 26, 2008
Malaysian palm oil firms are looking to aggressively expand operations in Papua, the Indonesian part of New Guinea, reports Bernama.
Also tagged: environment, asia, logging, forests, indonesia, malaysia, palm oil, deforestation, rainforests, plantations, new guinea, threats to the rainforest
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 25, 2008
Industrial logging, large-scale forest conversion for oil palm plantations, and the illegal wildlife trade have left sun bears the rarest species of bear on the planet. Recognizing their dire status, Siew Te Wong, a …
Also tagged: animals, interviews, environment, asia, logging, featured, hunting, forests, indonesia, wildlife, malaysia, bears, conservation, endangered species, palm oil, biodiversity, poaching, wcn, rainforests, pet trade, in situ conservation, ex situ conservation, wildlife trafficking
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 17, 2008
Indonesia's Commission for Child Protection has accused Malaysia's oil palm planters of enslaving migrant workers and their children at plantations in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, reports The Jakarta …
Also tagged: human rights, food, environment, asia, logging, indonesia, biofuels, palm oil, deforestation, biodiversity, rainforests, plantations
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 15, 2008
Conversion of primary rainforest to an oil palm plantation results in a loss of more than 80 percent of species, reports a new comprehensive review of the impacts of growing palm oil production. The research is …
Also tagged: animals, food, environment, asia, logging, forests, wildlife, forestry, biofuels, palm oil, deforestation, biodiversity, rainforests, plantations