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Climate change threat in Congo as vast carbon-rich peat slab faces development – BBC News

Climate change threat in Congo as vast carbon-rich peat slab faces development - BBC News

In central Africa a giant slab of carbon-rich peat land, discovered by a team of British and Congolese scientists, is under threat from oil companies and farming. The carbon must be kept in the ground to avoid accelerating climate change, but some plots have already been sold for oil exploration. …

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Palm oil, biofuels and deforestation: are they linked?

Palm oil, biofuels and deforestation: are they linked?

Instead of helping the environment, most biofuels actually hurt it. More on biofuelsreform.org Biodiesel is the most consumed biofuel in Europe today. The problem? European food-based biodiesel emits, on average, 80% more CO2 than fossil diesel. Palm-oil biodiesel is the worst of all biofuels. It releases three times the greenhouse …

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Palm Oil Plantations and Deforestation in Borneo — View from the Sky

Palm Oil Plantations and Deforestation in Borneo -- View from the Sky

This aerial footage of oil palm plantations and deforestation was taken in February 2010 in West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Featured at the end is a beautiful orangutan baby named Luna. This innocent baby “disappeared” under questionable circumstances in April 2011. Learn more about baby Luna and her tragic story: http://redapes.org/sintang/jaan …

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Palm oil production is a major contributor to CO2 emissions

Palm oil production is a major contributor to CO2 emissions

[ad_1] Preparing land for palm oil plantations releases high levels of CO2, according to research published in Nature Communications.  Palm oil is the most consumed and widely traded vegetable oil in the world. Global demand has more than tripled in the last 18 years, from 20 million tonnes in 2000 …

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