Ten-year project will look at whether setting-aside natural forests within oil palm plantations can save threatened species such as the Orang-utan, Pygmy Elephant and Clouded Leopard
… oil industry lobby group is banned for its sustainability claims NEWS Palm oil firms …
Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company started clearing land for palm oil plantations before it had received permits or made conservation assessments. Tom Levitt reports
Palm oil giant Sinar Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland Tom Levitt | 11th August 2010 News Palm Oil Rainforest Deforestation Orang-utan Biodiversity Climate Change peatlandrainforest.jpg …
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban Tom Levitt | 25th March 2011 News Palm Oil Africa Natural World Energy Food And Farming Indonesia palmoil.jpg Palm …
Conservationists battling to save Indonesia's rainforests are locked in a dispute over moves to make oil palm plantations more wildlife-friendly. Tom Levitt reports
Can the palm oil we eat ever be wildlife-friendly? Tom Levitt | 12th July 2011 News Palm Oil Wildlife Biodiversity Rainforest Deforestation langurmonkey.jpg Only a fraction of the biodiversity found …