Tag: Indonesia - Page 2
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Palm Oil Lobby Fights World Bank's Environmental Initiatives in Indonesia, Malaysia
We know how destructive the palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia, so it was great news when the World Bank announced that social and environmental safeguards would serve as guiding principles in its lending to the palm
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Indonesia's Deforestation Halt, Halted
If you included emissions from deforestation into national greenhouse gas emissions (which isn't always done, but probably should...) Indonesia is the world's third-highest emitter--India is if you don't take into account deforestation emissions. It
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Is Consulting Firm McKinsey Using REDD to Accelerate Deforestation?
We knew there were plenty of drawbacks to and imperfections in the REDD program, but a recent Greenpeace report points out one that was a little more unexpected, and unforgivable, than most. Greenpeace explains that many
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Chinese Workers Struggle to Catch 'The Last Train Home' in World's Largest Human Migration
Every year, 130 million people throng China's railway stations, frantically trying to obtain a seat on a train that will take them home for
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Super-Elusive Leopard Filmed for the First Time Ever
Just a few weeks back, researchers working in Indonesia identified a remarkable new species of cat -- the stunning Sundaland clouded leopard. But now, for the first time ever, the elusive animal has been caught on film -- a rare peek at
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Indonesian Islands of Sumatra & Borneo Lost 9% of Their Forests in First 8 Years of 21st Century
We just learned that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon saw an amazing 1000% spike in December, and now some sobering news about deforestation in Southeast Asia: Mongabay reports than Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo (Kalimantan) lost 9.2%
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Palm Oil Giant Agrees to Set More Sustainable Standards in Indonesia
Images: Golden Agri-Resources, Foreign Policy Blogs
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Adidas Team With RMIT On Sustainable Manufacturing
RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, last month signed a $207,000 USD research contract with the German-based sports behemoth, Adidas, to identify the sustainable manufacturing capabilities and requirements of Adidas' suppliers
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Potted Plant Helmets Hit the Streets of Indonesia (Video)
When it comes to our increasingly crowded city streets, where trucks and cars and bikes clamor and jockey for a spot, it seems there's hardly room anymore for a little green to soak up all that CO2. But, thanks to two
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Orwellian Alan Oxley's Pro-Palm Oil Claims Mislead the Public: Top Indonesian Climate Official
If you follow the problems with palm oil and deforestation in Southeast Asia you've no doubt come across Alan Oxley and his shilling for big timber--for which a group of scientists recently chided him, for massive
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Contertainer is Cross of Container and Entertainment
I do often wonder about container architecture; whether it is done because it is cheap, or whether it is done as an attention grabber. One certainly knows where the Indonesian firm dpavilion
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Sumatran Tiger Population May Be Larger Than Believed - Second Only to India
A rare bright spot in the world of tiger conservation: New research by the Wildlife Conservation Society's Indonesia Program and Forum HariumauKita has produced a new map of Sumatran tiger
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Undulating Squid Worm Discovered in Vulnerable Depths
There is something mesmerizing about this clip of a squid worm, also named teuthidodrilus samae by researchers after it was 'discovered' recently in the depths of the Celebes Sea between Indonesian and the Philippines.
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Netherlands Will Only Use Certified Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015 - First National-Level Commitment
In a big boost for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification standard, the Netherlands has committed to only using sustainable palm oil by the end of 2015--and becomes the first nation to
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World Growth International Slammed by Scientists For Being Front Group For Big Timber
This one's probably a bit insider-info for most TreeHugger readers, and I admit I'm partially to blame for it, but bear with me because it's if you care about rampant greenwashing and deforestation it's important: A group of prominent scientists has
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Tiger Cam Captures the Destruction of a Forest (Video)
Sometimes it takes a heartbreaking video to fully grasp the scale to which some human activities are jeopardizing habitats of crucial species around the world. When the World Wildlife Fund installed a camera on the
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General Mills To Use 100% Sustainable Palm Oil - Eat Your Wheaties Without Destroying the Rainforest
Or tuck into your bowl of Cheerios happily knowing that doing so won't be helping General Mills contribute to killing orangutans and other endangered species, nor trampling on
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Palm Oil Plantations on Peat Soil No Longer Qualify for Clean Development Mechanism Carbon Credits
Good that this loophole's been closed: As Wetlands International reports agricultural plantations on peat soils--those in Southeast Asia for palm oil or other industrial agriculture
