A Lonely Voice For Forests, People, And The Climate
In an interview, Dr. Marc Ancrenanz of HUTAN notes that oil palm plantations cover a staggering 14,000 square kilometers of Sabah, one of the two states in Malaysian Borneo and…
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The Human Cost Of Palm Oil Expansion
“Before we had a happy life,” Ms. Gaong said she tells her grandchildren. “Now it’s a difficult life. There’s nothing left for them.” The recent story in the New York…
Peat Fires Greet Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Assembly
Thick smoke from burning peatlands hangs over the capital of Central Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo every morning. The smell from the smoke is pervasive, a constant reminder of how Indonesia…
Illegal Orangutan Skulls Found On Palm Oil Plantations
An article in yesterday’s Jakarta Post identifies the role of palm oil plantations in the illegal souvenir trade of the skulls of endangered orangutans. Indonesia-based Center for Orangutan Protection (COP)…
Cargill’s Record Profits Come at the Expense of Record Deforestation
Cargill just reported record profits of $4.2 billion dollars for its 2010 fiscal year, a 63% increase over the previous year. As the world’s biggest agricultural trader — and the…
What is Sustainable Palm Oil? Part Three
This is the third and final installment in a series of posts that endeavors to answer a simple question: What is sustainable palm oil? The answer, of course, is anything…
What Do Environmentalists And Animal Rights Activists Have In Common?
What do the environmental and animal rights movements have in common? More than you might think, including a profound love of certain vegan products that mark an intersection of our…
Will Danger Listing Of UNESCO World Heritage Site Save The Orangutan?
Several weeks ago, three national parks in Sumatra, Indonesia were collectively labeled a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Danger. This inscription reiterates the urgency to issue full protections for the…
A Rainforest Apocalypse? People, Peat And Promises For A New Direction
If you think this title sounds hyperbolic, you probably have not visited Sumatra lately. Before traveling here, I had heard stories about the oceans of oil palm that have been…
RAN Invites 100 Cargill Employees to Born To Be Wild
On the eve of the global premier of Born To Be Wild, we sent this invitation to Cargill CEO Greg Page. We hope he and many of his Cargill employees…
Applauding Won’t Cut It, Girl Scouts USA
It’s been two weeks since you joined us in supporting the work of two Girl Scouts, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, in asking Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) to get rainforest-destroying…
Top 10 Girl Scout Cookie Facts
As American as apple pie and just as sweet, Girl Scout cookies have been delivered to every nook and cranny of the U.S. for nearly 100 years. Here’s the 10…
The Great RSPO Membership Myth: Why Buying from RSPO Members Is Meaningless
“Companies buying palm oil need to be aware that the only way to ensure sustainable sourcing is to buy certified sustainable palm oil from companies that have been assessed against…
Thin Mints vs. Orangutan Survival: Girl Scouts Face Moral Dilemma
“Hello, girls. We heard how you’re refusing to sell Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies because they contain palm oil, the production of which might destroy habitat for orangutans in Indonesia….
Call for Rainforest Action Heroes in Borneo: Deadline March 18th
In collaboration with Dr. Willy Smits and Orangutan Outreach, DeforestACTION is launching an exciting global project to save the world’s forests. And they want YOU to be an action star…
When A Deforestation Moratorium Doesn’t Matter
When I think of a moratorium from a forest perspective, normally it is a very good thing. Convincing corporations or governments to agree to a moratorium that halts deforestation can…
Diggin’ Palm Oil Free Soap
Most of us practice personal hygiene at least every couple of days, and because many contain synthetic chemicals, a portion of those end up in our bodies and in our…
Palm Oil Key Focus at General Mills Shareholder Meeting
Yesterday marked a huge shift in the U.S. food industry – it’s now official that the world’s sixth largest food company is taking concrete action to address their controversial sourcing…
Massive Banners Dropped on Cargill, Grain Exchange Skyway
Despite state-wide flood warnings, the skies opened for just enough time to allow five RAN activists to hang two billboard sized banners off of a 3rd street skyway during morning…
Mr. Page: Future Generations Are Counting on You
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649 Last week, over a dozen local Twin Cities community members, including members of the Walker Church social justice chapter, children, and concerned parents, paid Mr. Page – Cargill CEO…
Time Is Running Out Fast for the Orangutan
On July 15th and 16th at an upscale resort off the coast of Bali, executives from some of the companies that represent the two main threats to the survival of…
Cargill’s Lies About Palm Oil
In response to our report on Cargill’s problems with palm oil in Indonesia released earlier this month, Cargill has been denying that it clears and burns rainforest for palm oil…
Is Rainforest Destruction in Your Kid’s Book?
Have you ever opened up a children’s book and asked yourself how much rainforest was destroyed to make it? No? Me either. That is until recently, when our team, the…
Nestle Rejects Rainforest-Destroying Palm Oil: Who’s Next?
This week the leading consumer food company Nestle announced new policies to eliminate palm oil connected with the increasingly dire status of broad swaths of the world’s rainforests. The expansion…
Breaking New Video: Inside the Cargill Lock Down
Last week 10 activists entered Cargill’s private executive mansion, known as the Lake Office, with a special delivery for CEO Greg Page and the other top executives that run Cargill…