Europe has banned the use of great apes in animal testing
as part of drastically tightened rules to scale back the use of animals
in general in scientific research.
It may be an NGO on a shoestring budget, but the Tasikoki
Wildlife Rescue and Education Centre has a location that would send any
five-star-resort manager into paroxysms of envy. The panoramic view of
the Sulawesi Sea alone is worth the trip to this corner of Indonesia's
North Sulawesi province.
By Stephen Coates
(AFP) 2 Sept 2010
Source: AFP via Google
JAKARTA — US fast food giant Burger King said Thursday it would no
longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after Greenpeace
campaigned against the Indonesian group's land-clearing practices.
September 1, 2010
By STEPHEN THEN
View the source: thestar.com
ADELAIDE: International anti-palm oil activists have
taken their cause to zoos. At the Adelaide Zoo, visitors are greeted by
huge posters claiming that oil palm plantations were killing the orang
utan and contributing to global warming.
