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Se suponía que el aceite de palma ayudaría a salvar el planeta. En cambio, desató una catástrofe: cuatro conclusiones del artículo del New York Times de este domingo.
Staff at Friends of the Earth worked closely with the reporter, ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten, to share background information and analysis, supply contacts in Indonesia and bring him along on publ…
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California should reduce emissions, not pretend to offset them with tropical forests, says broad coalition
To use dubious forest offsets to mitigate growing emissions by the earth’s elite, as CARB is proposing, is putting out fires with gasoline — it’s as far from real climate action as it gets.
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Indigenous forest guardians and environmental justice “sky protectors” rally in Sacramento to denounce tropical forest offsets
On Friday, Nov. 16, environmental justice groups, indigenous people’s organizations, scholars and international forest protectors will hold a press conference and rally at the California Air Resourc…
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Major palm oil company execs arrested for bribery in Indonesia
Earlier this week Reuters reported on a bribery scandal in Indonesia that has resulted — so far — in the arrests of seven people, including senior executives of palm company Sinar Mas Agro…
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Is S&P Dow Jones greenwashing conflict palm oil?
In its annual listing of sustainable companies released last month, S&P Dow Jones Indices included Golden Agri-Resources, a palm oil company financing operations in Liberia.
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Un vistazo a Brasil revela los grandes problemas de REDD que el Estándar de Bosques Tropicales de California no aborda.
Con la publicación esta semana del informe especial del Panel Intergubernamental sobre el Cambio Climático que analiza los impactos del calentamiento global de 1,5 °C, la presión aumenta para seguir haciendo todo lo posible por contribuir…
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In Honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Friends of the Earth U.S. Stands Behind the West Berkeley Shellmound Cultural Heritage Site
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2018, the board and staff of Friends of the Earth U.S. have issued a resolution supporting the full protection of the West Berkeley Shellmound and Ohlone vi…
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BlackRock’s Big Palm Oil Problem
BlackRock is the largest U.S. financier of palm oil. Enabled by BlackRock’s money, dirty palm oil continues to be produced, traded and consumed with no consequence — and rampant deforestation…
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How Palm Oil Poses Material Risks to Investors
Palm oil is an edible plant oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree and used in thousands of consumer products, from cookies to cosmetics to biofuels.
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The Importance of Land Rights for Investors in Agribusiness
Within the field of sustainable development, there is no concern more fundamental than the governance and management of land and natural re- sources. Yet institutional investors with significant holdi…