http://redapes.org/news-updates/biofuels-threaten-lands-of-60-million-tribal-people/ Reach out and save the orangutans... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://redapes.org/news-updates/biofuels-threaten-lands-of-60-million-tribal-people/#comment-4071 Indigenous peoples researcher Sat, 03 May 2008 12:35:47 +0000 http://redapes.org/news-updates/biofuels-threaten-lands-of-60-million-tribal-people/#comment-4071 Yes, palm oil is one of the worst trends in the biofuel industry. The Ifugao indigenous people of the Philippines are currently being impacted by the rapid expansion of palm oil plantations to feed the Wests new desire for biofuel, not to mention the native plants and animals. However, not all biofuel is bad, simply the process that we are going about making it and transporting it. Yes, palm oil is one of the worst trends in the biofuel industry. The Ifugao indigenous people of the Philippines are currently being impacted by the rapid expansion of palm oil plantations to feed the Wests new desire for biofuel, not to mention the native plants and animals. However, not all biofuel is bad, simply the process that we are going about making it and transporting it.

]]> http://redapes.org/news-updates/biofuels-threaten-lands-of-60-million-tribal-people/#comment-3945 The truth behind biofuels « Allusions of Grandeur Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:13:47 +0000 http://redapes.org/news-updates/biofuels-threaten-lands-of-60-million-tribal-people/#comment-3945 [...] The truth behind biofuels Richard Zimmerman, director of Orangutan Outreach, left a comment on yesterday’s post about the fishing orangutan. I followed the link to the program’s webpage, with the full intention of writing a post about it, when I was sidetracked by a rather horrifying article. [...] [...] The truth behind biofuels Richard Zimmerman, director of Orangutan Outreach, left a comment on yesterday’s post about the fishing orangutan. I followed the link to the program’s webpage, with the full intention of writing a post about it, when I was sidetracked by a rather horrifying article. [...]

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