In the last 15 years, production of soya has doubled, driven largely by the rising consumption of meat, as well as for use in food, biofuel and other products, reports WWF. Soya is grown predominantly for animal feed and vegetable oil, with the main use being in soya meal, as a source of protein for poultry, pig and cattle feeds...
Tags: biodiversity, palm oil, soya, WWF UK
February 17th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
As forests around the world are destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, any good conservation news seems like a ray of sunshine. Singapore-based Go...
Tags: Climate Change, Conservation, endangered, forest, Golden Agri-Resources, Greenpeace, Indonesia, palm oil, sustainable palm oil
June 3rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Weather and humanitarian efforts are becoming more and more linked. The UN and its aid partners have appealed for $1.9 billion for this year for Sudan...
Tags: 10 Reasons for Hope, Agatha, Canadian Forestry Agreement, Canadian Memorial Church, Climate Change, crop failures, Dzud, Greenpeace, Guatemala, Humanitarian, Mongolia, Nestle, palm oil, San Diego Zoo, Sudan, telecommuting, UN, wild weather, World Bank
January 12th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
In Guatemala just over a year ago, I flew in a small plane so low over the rainforest that we could see some large birds circle and land in a tree. For the first time in my l...
Tags: agri business, agriculture, Cargill, Climate Change, Conservation, endangered, Green: The Film, Guatemala, Indonesia, palm oil, rainforest, Rainforest Action Network, rainforest destruction, RAN, RSPO, sustainable, sustainable palm oil
