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Sustainability pledges help Indonesia produce palm oil with less deforestation - Environmental News Oct 2022

Posted 31 Oct 2022 in Environmental News

• Deforestation that’s associated with palm oil has fallen by 82% over the past decade in Indonesia, the world’s ...

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Plantations threaten Indonesia’s orangutans, but they’re not oil palm - Environmental News Jul 2022

Posted 16 Jul 2022 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

• A significant portion of orangutan habitat in Indonesia lies within corporate concessions, but industrial tree companies, like pulp and ...

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Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say - Environmental News Feb 2021

Posted 06 Feb 2021 in Environmental News

- Deforestation in the tropics, mostly caused by agriculture, is driving an increased rate of pathogen spillover from wildlife to ...

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