In pictures: Rainforests to palm oil

Palm oil giant moves forward on zero deforestation initiative (06/05/2012) One of the world's largest palm oil companies has become the first to identify and disclose high carbon forests and peatlands in its concessions. Golden Agri-Resources Limited (GAR), the owner of Indonesia's palm oil giant PT SMART Tbk, on Monday published a carbon assessment of its holdings in Indonesian Borneo. The report is an important milestone under GAR's forest conservation policy, which prohibits conversion of land with more than 35 tons of carbon per hectare and moves the company toward a zero deforestation target. Greening the world with palm oil? (01/26/2011) The commercial shows a typical office setting. A worker sits drearily at a desk, shredding papers and watching minutes tick by on the clock. When his break comes, he takes out a Nestle KitKat bar. As he tears into the package, the vi...

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@hvh_ » 01 Aug '12, 1pm
RT @regnskogfondet: Unik bildeserie: Se hvordan nydelig regnskog blir hogget ned og omgjort til oljepalmeplantasjer på Borneo. [link]
@regnskogfondet » 01 Aug '12, 1pm
Unik bildeserie: Se hvordan nydelig regnskog blir hogget ned og omgjort til oljepalmeplantasjer på Borneo. [link]
@bakpaumono » 21 Jul '12, 1pm
konversi gila2an eneh, dimana2 klapa sawit mraja lele :( #faktap || In pictures: Rainforests to palm oil [link] via @mongabay
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@AldersonPhotos » 13 Jul '12, 10am
I think everyone should see these and share widely. via Jennifer Jobson [link]
@tmhol » 10 Jul '12, 8pm
Palm oil? Think again. In pictures: Rainforests to palm oil [link] via @mongabay #borneo
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@50StepsRainFrst » 09 Jul '12, 5pm
Check out these images showing palm oil conversion. Provides more incentive to avoid it in consumer purchases! [link]
@thonoir » 06 Jul '12, 10am
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@dduden1 » 05 Jul '12, 5pm
Shots of Borneo's disappearing forests from the air - [link]
@mytreefrogcom » 05 Jul '12, 4pm
Stark pictures of oil plant plantations in Borneo [link]
@sashorann » 05 Jul '12, 3pm
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@PAWA774 » 05 Jul '12, 2pm
RT @greenpowerplan: Rainforests to palm oil in Borneo (PICS) [link] (Nigeria could learn from this)
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@elizahleigh » 04 Jul '12, 6pm
Photos of what a rainforest looks like when it's converted to a palm oil plantation [link]
@Carolynoflondon » 04 Jul '12, 5pm
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@IbexEarth » 04 Jul '12, 5pm
A rather depressing rainforests to palm oil in Borneo pictures [link]” @mongabay
@StephaniGale » 04 Jul '12, 5pm
Do not use products with Palm Oil! RT @mongabay In pictures: rainforests to palm oil in Borneo [link]
@Diplotaxis » 04 Jul '12, 5pm
La destrucción del #bosque de Borneo para cultivar palma es algo realmente vergonzoso. En fotos: [link] via @jmedeCCF
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Sad:( “@extinctsymbol: In pictures: Rainforests destroyed for palm oil: [link]”
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@lingenhoehl » 04 Jul '12, 10am
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@NoshPlanet » 03 Jul '12, 8pm
Choose your vegetable oil very, very carefully. Sadly, it's difficult to tell if it contains orangutan by-products. [link]
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In pictures: Rainforests to palm oil: In late May I had the opportunity to fly from Kota Kinabalu in Malaysian B... [link]
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