#GiantOtters are the agile, graceful guardians of Amazonian rivers in #SouthAmerica. #Endangered by #gold #mining, #palmoil #soy and cattle ranches. Help them in the supermarket, go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/04/giant-otter-pteronura-brasiliensis/ via @palmoildetect

@brad262run yes, consumption of #coffee, #beef, #chocolate and #palmoil are one of the main causes for #biodiversity loss in recent years.

Of course along with human made rapid #climatechange, and the extensive use of #pesticides
https://digitalcourage.social/@aligyie/106575317807711266
#organic

EU to investigate Indonesian biodiesel amid tax concerns https://www.euractiv.com/section/biofuels/news/eu-to-investigate-indonesian-biodiesel-amid-tax-concerns/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #China #deforestation #Indonesia #palmoil #UnitedKingdom

The main reason behind the decline of #orangutan populations is #habitatdestruction and #fragmentation due to #illegallogging, #agriculture, and #palmoil #plantations.
#BoycottPalmOil #SiblingBeings #IndigenousBiodiversity #WebOfLife #DeterioratingCarbonSinks
https://themeghalayan.com/in-the-shadows-of-extinction-orangutans/

EU starts probe on Indonesian biodiesel avoiding import duties https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-starts-probe-on-indonesian-biodiesel-avoiding-import-duties/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Biofuels #China #Indonesia #palmoil #taxevasion

EU starts probe on Indonesian biodiesel avoiding import duties https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-starts-probe-on-indonesian-biodiesel-avoiding-import-duties/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Biofuels #China #Indonesia #palmoil #taxevasion

EU starts probe on Indonesian biodiesel avoiding import duties https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-starts-probe-on-indonesian-biodiesel-avoiding-import-duties/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Biofuels #China #Indonesia #palmoil #taxevasion

Someone: "I'm going #PalmOil free for the #Orangutans"

my brain:
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it

Me: "Maybe you could go plant-based too for the 120 species lost every single day?" 🦧

#InternationalOrangutanDay
#WorldOrangutanDay
#OrangutanDay

More than 2 million hectares (5 million acres) of oil palm, pulpwood and other concessions across Indonesia are at high risk of being burned because of companies’ failure to restore the peat landscape, according to a new analysis.

This represents more than half of the Switzerland-sized area of tropical peatland throughout Indonesia that’s considered a high fire risk.

by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/palm-oil-pulpwood-firms-not-doing-enough-to-prevent-peat-fires-analysis-shows/

#News #Environment #Conservation #Indonesia #Fires #SouthEastAsia #PalmOil

Someone: "I'm going #PalmOil free for the #Orangutans"

my brain:
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it

Me: "Maybe you could go plant-based too for the 120 species lost every single day?" 🦧

RT Michalis Rokas
Malaysia 🇲🇾, Indonesia 🇮🇩& EU 🇪🇺 agree to address concerns over deforestation rules and benchmark #PalmOil https://www.nst.com.my/business/2023/08/939291/malaysia-indonesia-eu-agree-address-concerns-over-deforestation-rules-and

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MichalisRokasEU/status/1688409248227876864

Only 21% of Indonesian oil palm plantation companies have fulfilled their legal obligations to allocate land for smallholder farmers under a scheme called plasma, a new government audit shows.

To address the lack of compliance by companies, the government has established a task force.

The task force will also address other issues in the plantation industry, such as tax avoidance.

From Hans Nicholas Jong

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/most-indonesian-palm-oil-firms-not-sharing-land-with-small-farmers-as-required/
#PalmOil #Indonesia #News #Environment #Nature #Farming

"...saw miles and miles of palm-oil plantations, where the orangutan’s native habitat had been clear-cut for the consumer crop. The guide asked who in the group was American, and if any of them checked food labels to see if the product contained palm oil. “Well, when you don’t do that, this is what happens,” the guide said."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-to-do-with-climate-emotions
#PalmOil #extinction #enviromentalGrief

For example, in #2020, the US blocked #palmoil imports from #Malaysia’s Sime Darby for more than two years due to forced labor concerns. During that whole time, their exports to #China continued without pause.

I initially went to #Indonesia, back in 2011, because of the country’s troubling history with deforestation, driven primarily, historically, by demand for tropical commodities including #palmoil #paperpulp & #rubber.

In the past decade, as I’ve covered these issues for numerous outlet, much has changed. In some ways there has been real progress in increasing traceability and stemming deforestation, but at the same time, much of the supply chain remains opaque.

@dp @IsabVann2 @Biedermann
Well… i do really love wine, good wine. Real, good quality wine is a world apart from mass produced stuff full of chemicals. Every good vineyard is full of #HistoricalEcology, so much wonder, so much knowledge care and love over generations. And so many vineyards do #agroecology. Just like #PalmOil (which i work on): nothing wrong with plant, everything wrong with profit-oriented mass production!

Got an invitation for a breakfast with colleges that say: #Vegan.s bring their own stuff. Yeah, that's what I call team spirit.

Unfortunately, it's true, that most ppl. are not even able to buy a margarine without #Lactose and #PalmOil.

I feel mega invited though.

#veganism

Someone: "I'm going #PalmOil free for the #Orangutans"

my brain:
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it

Me: "Maybe you could go plant-based too for the 120 species lost every single day?" 🦧

EU-backed green auditor cracks down on China island biofuel trade https://www.euractiv.com/section/fuels/news/eu-backed-green-auditor-cracks-down-on-china-island-biofuel-trade/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #biodiesel #palmoil

Prosecutors in Indonesia have still not charged the majority of men implicated in a slave-labor scandal at a local official’s oil palm plantation.

The New York Times reported that only 13 of some 60 men, including military and police officers, remain free despite dozens of victims and witnesses accusing them of human trafficking and torture.

by Mongabay.com
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/alleged-torturers-roam-free-as-indonesia-struggles-to-bring-charges-in-palm-oil-slavery-case/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Indonesia #PalmOil