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Addressing the first International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Princeton biologist Dr. David S. Wilcove said that the palm oil industry is…
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HP wants Centre to lift ban on monkey export
14 April 2008
"The Forest department has written a letter to the Union Environment Ministry seeking an end to the ban of over two decades on export of…
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"Great apes are facing significant challenges to their continued existence, and the Service is committed to aiding their conservation," said Service Director H. Dale Hall.…
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Great Ape Trust to gather internationally recognized scientists for 'Decade of the Mind III'
31 March 2008
The topics to be discussed in nine plenary sessions complement Great Ape Trust’s cognitive and behavioral research with nonhuman primates to better understand how a…
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Staples dumps Asia Pulp & Paper over its destruction of virgin rainforestsRhett Butler, mongabay.comFebruary 8, 2008http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0208-staples.html Office supply giant Staples Inc. dropped Asia Pulp &…
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Royal award for work on endangered primates
6 February 2008
By Paul EcclestonLast Updated: 2::01am GMT 6 /2-/2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/02/06/eamonkey106.xml The Oxford Brookes team beat hundreds of other entrants in the Environment category and will receive their Queen's…
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Great apes face threat from germs carried by eco-tourists
3 February 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/03/conservation.endangeredspecies?gusrc=rss&feed=science Sunday February 3 2008 Caroline DaviesThe thrill of hacking through dense African forest in search of the majestic mountain gorilla is an eco-tourist's dream. And…
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Palm Oil Not Green For Asia - UN Report
27 November 2007
BANGKOK, Nov 27 (IPS) - European Union (EU) demand for supposedly green-friendly fuels, such as palm oil, is coming at a high social and environmental…
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