http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/bio-fuels-and-supermarkets-kill-orangutans/201 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/bio-fuels-and-supermarkets-kill-orangutans/201/comment-page-1#comment-3073 Indonesia wants to profit from their destruction of natural peatlands » Environmental News Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:30:10 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=201#comment-3073 [...] Emissions from peat account for 85% of total emissions from Southeast Asia, and environmentalists say the problem is most acute in Indonesia, home to 60% of the world’s threatened peatlands. As we reported recently, Indonesia’s habitats are being destroyed rapidly to make way for palm oil plantations to feed global demand for biofuel. [...] [...] Emissions from peat account for 85% of total emissions from Southeast Asia, and environmentalists say the problem is most acute in Indonesia, home to 60% of the world’s threatened peatlands. As we reported recently, Indonesia’s habitats are being destroyed rapidly to make way for palm oil plantations to feed global demand for biofuel. [...]

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/bio-fuels-and-supermarkets-kill-orangutans/201/comment-page-1#comment-2772 Will algae beat its competitors to become the king source of biofuels? » Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:18:22 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=201#comment-2772 [...] you may have read recently, the use of palm oil for the production of biofuels has come under criticism for bad farming practices in Indonesia, endangering orangutans and [...] [...] you may have read recently, the use of palm oil for the production of biofuels has come under criticism for bad farming practices in Indonesia, endangering orangutans and [...]

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/bio-fuels-and-supermarkets-kill-orangutans/201/comment-page-1#comment-309 ??? » Blog Archive » TH Blog Love - Our Favourite Greens Of The Week Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:47:46 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=201#comment-309 [...] Environmental Graffiti: Bio-fuels and Supermarkets kill orangutans by Mary King “Indonesia and Malaysia together produce 83 percent of the world’s palm oil. In 2004, the Indonesian government released a plan calling for the conversion of 40,000 square miles of Borneo to palm plantations by the end of the decade. Borneo currently supports the largest surviving wild orangutan population. However, environmental groups fear this may not be true for much longer, as the primates are rapidly losing their habitat due to the deforestation.” [...] [...] Environmental Graffiti: Bio-fuels and Supermarkets kill orangutans by Mary King “Indonesia and Malaysia together produce 83 percent of the world’s palm oil. In 2004, the Indonesian government released a plan calling for the conversion of 40,000 square miles of Borneo to palm plantations by the end of the decade. Borneo currently supports the largest surviving wild orangutan population. However, environmental groups fear this may not be true for much longer, as the primates are rapidly losing their habitat due to the deforestation.” [...]

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/bio-fuels-and-supermarkets-kill-orangutans/201/comment-page-1#comment-307 Blue Sky Mining » TH Blog Love - Our Favourite Greens Of The Week Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:40:05 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=201#comment-307 [...] Environmental Graffiti: Bio-fuels and Supermarkets kill orangutans by Mary King “Indonesia and Malaysia together produce 83 percent of the world’s palm oil. In 2004, the Indonesian government released a plan calling for the conversion of 40,000 square miles of Borneo to palm plantations by the end of the decade. Borneo currently supports the largest surviving wild orangutan population. However, environmental groups fear this may not be true for much longer, as the primates are rapidly losing their habitat due to the deforestation.” [...] [...] Environmental Graffiti: Bio-fuels and Supermarkets kill orangutans by Mary King “Indonesia and Malaysia together produce 83 percent of the world’s palm oil. In 2004, the Indonesian government released a plan calling for the conversion of 40,000 square miles of Borneo to palm plantations by the end of the decade. Borneo currently supports the largest surviving wild orangutan population. However, environmental groups fear this may not be true for much longer, as the primates are rapidly losing their habitat due to the deforestation.” [...]

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