As gold sponsor of the 2nd Palm Oil Africa conference, leading global agri-business, Olam International, is pleased to announce that its keynote address will focus on best practices in oil palm plantation development, bringing to bear its ...
Deforestation, fuelled by the demand for palm oil has raised concerns in consumers' minds. Naturex offers manufacturers a sustainable option when it comes to formulating personal care products without palm oil. Naturex is committed to ...
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The Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam band council (ITUM) says it was disappointed by the Superior Court of Quebec's May 27 judgment that rejected its motion for a safeguard order seeking to "halt the invasion of their traditional ...
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To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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There has been a great deal of comment in the press about the new regulation EUTR that is designed to help stamp out the global problem of illegal logging and, especially in the tropics, deforestation. The law covers timber and timber ...
FORGET ABOUT SHEET FLOORING AND EMBRACE THE VERSATILITY OF CORK PLANK AND TILE FORMATS It’s unfortunate that there is a dearth of information on the availability of cork compared to other types of flooring materials. Many potential ...
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Heating systems for homes and offices in cold regions demand the use of a fireplace. Traditionally, the fireplace used to be a niche in living room decorating ideas. The space was used for the installation of wood stoves to provide heat. ...
Everyone is emphasizing on the same thing today, that is to save the earth from the disastrous aftermaths of the modern-day evils that are, pollution, overpopulation and deforestation. The earth is in a dire need to be saved by reducing the ...
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American retailer The Kroger Co has announced its commitment to source sustainable palm oil by the end of 2015. In a policy statement, the company said that Palm oil has become the leading oil crop in the world and currently accounts for ...
The Inter – American Development Bank (IDB) will provide Brazil with a funding to support sustainable farming methods in the states critical to country’s biomass. As part of the initiative, the grants provided through the ...
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Counterfeit food robs Americans of $10 billion each year Californians lose 800,000 acre-feet of water to 305 minnows Golden rice battle only just beginning As we head into a new year, U.S. agriculture faces 2013 filled with opportunities ...
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The news comes as the paper giant recently announced that it would stop using timber from Indonesia’s natural forests and only use trees from plantations. APP is a major supplier of paper, pulp and packaging in Asia but it has been ...
At the start of November, Greenpeace threw down the gauntlet to 15 top Italian and French luxury fashion brands, challenging these companies with 25 'uncomfortable' questions about their supply chains. Why? Every day another piece of the ...
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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the newest addition to NASA's 40-year mission monitoring Earth from space, blasted into orbit atop this Atlas V rocket yesterday. The successful launch ensures observations will continue uninterrupted ...
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APP, one of the world’s largest paper and packaging producers, announced an end to the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia, with immediate effect. Greenpeace said that after a decade of public ...
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