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How green are vegetable and rapeseed oils?
Rebecca Campbell
16th May, 2012
When it comes to oils we are spoilt for choice, with more than 130 million tonnes of oil consumed every year, according to the WWF. But with demand set to increase, what sort of impact is our appetite for oil having on the planet? And which is the green choice? more...
Top 10...alternatives to sugar
Mark Briggs
Want to give up sugar while still indulging your sweet tooth? Mark Briggs rounds up 10 natural alternatives more...
Small scale Bolivian farmers take up community reforestation
Theodora Tsentas & Matilda Lee
2nd July, 2010
A unique community based forestry project in Bolivia aims to give farmers long-term financial incentives to keep trees standing more...
Palm oil plantations could be classified as forests
Ecologist
8th February, 2010
European Commission guidance would allow biofuels to be labelled as sustainable even if forests have been destroyed to make way for the palm oil plantations more...
Can we trust the FSC?
Matilda Lee
22nd September, 2009
It's the logo we all look for when buying furniture and wood products. But the Forest Stewardship Council has come in for some serious criticism. Matilda Lee looks at both sides of the argument more...
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