Tag: Malaysia
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Poaching Threatens Malaysia's Tiger Conservation Goals
Persistant poaching is threatening to derail Malaysia's plan to double its tiger population by 2020.
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Female Sumatran Rhino Offers Hope to Save Her Species
After years of searching, a young female rhino had finally been found to assist in the effort of saving her species.
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Designer Creates Lush, Flower-Inspired Dress Out of 4,000 Teabags
Taking top prize at a recent green competition, a young student designer put together this stunning dress that mimicks floral forms.
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Proboscis Monkeys Threatened By Ecologically Insensitive Malaysian Palm Oil Plantations
Recent study shows that populations are declining 10% annually due to the way in which palm oil plantations are sited.
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Primatologist Plans School Where Apes Learn English
As a polyglot fluent in seven languages, French primatologist Dr. Francine Neago can converse in the native tongue of peoples throughout the world -- but she's interested most of all in talking with orangutans. In 1978, Neago
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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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More Palm Oil Questions: Finnair Halts Biofuel Introduction, As Malaysia's Forests Fall For Farming
Two on palm oil, from Finland and Malaysia: State-owned airline Finnair has announced that it will not begin using aviation biofuel on some of its routes this year as previously planned. Part of the reason is the
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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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How Fire Hoses Are Helping Orangutans Find a Mate
Decades of deforestation in development in the forests of Borneo have done a number on the love lives of the endangered orangutans that call the region home. Although there are still thousands of orangutans in the area, groups have
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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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India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea All Soon Clobbering the US on Renewable Energy
Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to
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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
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Commercial Palm Oil Production in Southeast Asia Violating Indigenous Peoples' Rights: New Survey
Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying
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Rare 'Princess' Turtle Makes 'Miracle' Comeback on Malaysian Beach
A couple of weeks ago, Jaymi alerted us to the return of green turtles to Malaysian beaches. Threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, initiatives such as hatcheries and stricter conservation
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Even Logged Rainforest Holds High Biodiversity Levels & Is Worth Protecting: Study
Conventional political wisdom on rainforest degradation is that once you've logged an area once, or even twice, removing the largest most valuable trees, the forest becomes
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Rare Spotted Leopard Photographed for First Time in Malaysian National Park (Photo)
Routine surveys for tigers in a Malaysian national park have yielded an unexpected, and cheering, result for big-cat
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More Evidence Palm Oil Plantations Are Bad for Biodiversity: Have Two-Thirds Lower Ant Species Than Forests
One more on the fact that, despite EU proposals to the contrary, palm oil plantations are not the same as forest, having far lower levels of biodiversity: Mongabay points out new research in the journal Basic and Applied
