Monday, December 18, 2006
10 years left?
Yesterday's Independent featured an article on the plight of the orangutan, see it here http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2081668.ece
Nothing I haven't seen or written about before but at least it gives me hope to see the issue getting national newspaper recognition. But ten years left? We need fast action, and an alternative to the palm oil biofuel solution. As a shamed polluter who drives 500 miles a week alone I'm waiting for the green solution eagerly, but this can't be allowed to be it.
Nothing I haven't seen or written about before but at least it gives me hope to see the issue getting national newspaper recognition. But ten years left? We need fast action, and an alternative to the palm oil biofuel solution. As a shamed polluter who drives 500 miles a week alone I'm waiting for the green solution eagerly, but this can't be allowed to be it.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
So much for the Malaysian Government ...
... their plantations minister obviously doesn't sing from the same hymnsheet. Still Malaysian ministers involved in palm oil are blaming foreign NGOs for a "smear campaign" against the industry, as reported here: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=33956&sid=11311288&con_type=1&d_str=20061213
Do they think that BOSF, SOS and all the others are making it all up? Aren't they choking on the same haze as the rest of Borneo's primates, human and non-human, are choking on?
On a lighter note, please continue to watch "Extinct" on UK television this week and vote for the orangutan, which will channel most of the funds raised to the Heart of Borneo WWF campaign.
Do they think that BOSF, SOS and all the others are making it all up? Aren't they choking on the same haze as the rest of Borneo's primates, human and non-human, are choking on?
On a lighter note, please continue to watch "Extinct" on UK television this week and vote for the orangutan, which will channel most of the funds raised to the Heart of Borneo WWF campaign.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Malaysian government launches palm oil wildlife conservation fund
This week the Malaysian Government have launched a "RM20mil Palm Oil Wildlife Conservation Fund to promote ideas and proposals to enhance biodiversity linked to palm oil production worldwide". The article is here in the Malaysia Star: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/6/nation/16232359&sec=nation
Ostensibly this seems to be a good thing. Campaigning for sustainability, they are also promoting the RSPO. However the focus of the message is also on the economic importance of palm oil to Malaysia. Encouraging more production, whether sustainable or not, introduces more deforestation, more habitat loss and more of the familiar problems. Let's see more about what the fund will be used for ...
Ostensibly this seems to be a good thing. Campaigning for sustainability, they are also promoting the RSPO. However the focus of the message is also on the economic importance of palm oil to Malaysia. Encouraging more production, whether sustainable or not, introduces more deforestation, more habitat loss and more of the familiar problems. Let's see more about what the fund will be used for ...
