Green Options » palm http://greenoptions.com/tag/palm Posts tagged 'palm' Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Asian Oil Palm Plantations Are No Substitute for Rainforests http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/asian-oil-palm-plantations-are-no-substitute-for-rainforests/ http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/asian-oil-palm-plantations-are-no-substitute-for-rainforests/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:19:19 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/asian-oil-palm-plantations-are-no-substitute-for-rainforests/ As the global market for biofuels heats up, much of the demand for biodiesel is being satisfied by clearing virgin rainforests to create oil palm plantations. But, as it turns out, these plantations are an awful substitute for rainforests.

Oil Palm Plantation

A group of British, German and Danish researchers has found that the biodiversity of oil palm plantations is far lower than that of tropical rainforests and that no amount of plantation management changes could ever possibly make them come close to replicating rainforest diversity.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/asian-oil-palm-plantations-are-no-substitute-for-rainforests/feed/ Samsung to Invest $1.63 Billion in Indonesian Biodiesel Project http://gas2.org/2008/07/23/samsung-to-invest-163-billion-in-indonesian-biodiesel-project/ http://gas2.org/2008/07/23/samsung-to-invest-163-billion-in-indonesian-biodiesel-project/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:39:19 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/07/23/samsung-to-invest-163-billion-in-indonesian-biodiesel-project/ Oil Palm Plantation

According to an article in the Jakarta Post, an official from the Indonesian government has spilled the beans on Samsung’s plans to invest up to $1.63 billion dollars in what’s sure to be a controversial acquisition of land for growing oil palms and construction of a biodiesel plant in Indonesia.

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