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(1477) articlesIndonesia betting on biofuel crops as its regal forests dwindle
15 September 2007
By Samantha BrownAFP, JAKARTA Saturday, Sep 15, 2007, Page 9 They caution that oil palm plantations require massive swathes of land -- either what's…
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Indonesia beckons foreign palm oil companies
13 September 2007
The Star online, Malaysia, Thursday September 13, 2007 Overseas firms should buy new land and cultivate oil palms, the fruit of which is crushed to…
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Cashing in palm oil for conservation
29 August 2007
Koh L. P. & Wilcove D. S. (2007). Cashing in palm oil for conservation. Nature 448: 993-994 www.nature.com
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IJM Plantations to boost oil palm estates in Indonesia
28 August 2007
IJM Plantations to boost oil palm estates in Indonesia-IJM Plantations to boost oil palm estates in IndonesiaThe plantation arm of IJM Corp Bhd, a construction…
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Blockades to protect Penans' 'last frontier'
28 August 2007
One area is in Long Belok and Long Sayan in the Apoh region of middle Baram where a road blockade was re-erected on June 2…
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Welfare of apes in captive environments: Comments on, and by, a specific group of apes
12 August 2007
Savage-Rumbaugh, S., Wamba, K., Wamba, P., Wamba, N. (2007). Welfare of apes in captive environments: Comments on, and by, a specific group of apes. Journal…
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Aceh War Blessing in Disguise for Orangutans
7 August 2007
This has helped the critically endangered mammals flourish, at least for now. "If the civil war hadn't happened and they all operate and clear the…
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Gorilla Warfare
6 August 2007
The rangers found the first corpse less than a hundred yards away, in a grove of vines and crooked thicket. The mammoth gorilla lay on…
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