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Articles related to "Palm Oil Plantations"
Palm Oil's Impact on Ecosystems Endangered species are being pushed out as plantations take the place of rainforests. But studies show that palm oil is neither healthy nor environmentally sound. palm oil • transfats • biofuels • tropical rainforest • peat bogs
Indonesia’s Endangered Orangutan Orangutans threatened by palm oil plantations, habitat loss from logging and mining. Females killed and eaten and babies taken for pet trade. Reforestation may save them. endangered orangutan • great ape species • illegal pet trade • deforestation • palm oil plantations
Breathtaking Sumatra Compromised A brand new study shows, for the first time, a correlation between deforestation rates and the decline of the Riau Province of Sumatra's endangered species. sumatra • carbon gas • riau wwf • wwf study • deforestation
Another New Species for Borneo Genetic analysis comfirms the clouded leopard on Borneo is separate species. Total new species found on the island is 52 in just one year. And over 400 in the last decade borneo rainforest • clouded leopard • biodiversity • deforestation • habitat loss
Pygmy Kangaroos Are Going Home A wildlife rehabilitation facility in Java will release 17 young pandemelons, whose parents were rescued from illegal trade, into rainforest on Papua Island. wildlife trade • dusky pandemelons • miniature kangaroos • papua island • wildlife rehabilitation
Experience Borneo wildlife A secret garden teeming with undiscovered wildlife lies in the eastern basin of the Malaysian state of Sabah. kinabatangan • secret garden • borneo • wildlife • floodplain
Gibbon Rehabilitation in Indonesia Rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of lesser apes in Borneo and Sumatra raises awareness of illegal trade and habitat issues that threaten Indonesia's lesser apes. kalaweit gibbons and siamang conservation program • indonesia's lesser apes • borneo • sumatra • rare primate rehabilitation and release
Guyana's Rainforest Supervision Proposal President Bharrat Jagdeo is willing to exchange supervision of environmentally sound rainforest usage for economic incentives to help Guyana's impoverished people. international rainforest supervison proposal • guyana's tropical rainforest conservation concessi • deforestation and climate change • economic incentives for environmental protection • the guyana shield ecosystem
Problems with Biofuels Are biofuels an eco friendly alternative fuel? There are questions as to their use as an alternative energy, their impact on biodiversity and the environment. problems with biofuels • biofuels • biodiesel • environmental hazards • climate change
Saving Biodiversity in Sarawak Australian scientists are assisting the Sarawak State Government in a visionary Planted Forests Project that will provide income from trees and protect biodiversity. saving biodiversity in sarawak • tree plantations to protect borneo’s endangered en • planted forests project in borneo • csiro’s forestry division assisting the malaysian • acacia mangium from papua new guinea and queenslan
The Four Elephant Species Four species of elephant are recognized as DNA shows two species are different from the Asian and African. All are endangered largely due to habitat destruction and loss. asian elephant • african elephant • borneo pygmy elephant • forest elephant • habitat destruction and loss |
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