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(519) articlesBrazilian mining giant buys Amazon palm oil company
3 February 2011
Brazilian mining giant buys Amazon palm oil company Vale, a Brazilian mining giant, will buy palm oil producer Biopalma da Amazonia SA Reflorestamento Industria &…
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Malaysian palm oil producers destroying Borneo peat forests faster than ever before Peatlands and rainforests in Malaysia's Sarawak state on the island of Borneo are…
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Scientists to document impact of converting rainforest into oil palm plantations Rhett A. ButlerScientists have partnered with one of the world's largest palm oil producers…
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Orangutan genome 'evolved slowly'
27 January 2011
Orangutan genome 'evolved slowly' Scientists have released a draft sequence of the orangutan genome, revealing intriguing clues to the evolution of great apes…
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Orangutan genome 'evolved slowly'
27 January 2011
Orangutan genome 'evolved slowly' By Paul RinconScience reporter, BBC News Evolution of the orangutan genome has proceeded more slowly than in other great apes Continue…
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Indonesia grants slew of last-minute logging concessions on eve of moratorium Indonesia's Minister of Forestry granted nearly 3 million hectares of plantation forestry concessions the…
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Sustainable timber in Tanzania experiences huge growth
18 January 2011
Sustainable timber in Tanzania experiences huge growth By Morgan Erickson-Davis The level of Tanzanian timber forest certified as sustainable increased by 700 percent earlier this…
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Orangutans vs palm oil in Malaysia: setting the record straight
16 January 2011
The Malaysian palm oil industry has been broadly accused of contributing to the dramatic decline in orangutan populations in Sabah, a state in northern Borneo,…
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