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However, according to the Tropical Peat Research Laboratory, at least one measurement has shown that oil palm plantations are carbon sinks because oil palms convert carbon dioxide into oxygen just as other trees do, [71] and, as reported in Malaysia's Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
British colonial deforestation efforts began in 1880 and were rapidly driven by commercial rubber and palm oil cultivation. Between 1990 and 2010, Malaysia lost an estimated 8.6% of its forest cover, or around 1,920,000 hectares (4,700,000 acres). [1] Logging and land clearing has particularly been driven by the palm oil sector. World Bank ...
The deforestation continued through the 2000s at a slower pace, alongside the expansion of palm oil plantations. Half of the annual global tropical timber procurement is from Borneo. Palm oil plantations are rapidly encroaching on the last remnants of primary rainforest. Much of the forest clearance is illegal.
Some well-known examples of MSIs include the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, the Forest Stewardship Council, the Better Cotton Initiative, and the Global Coffee Platform. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a group that brings together stakeholders from throughout the palm oil industry to develop global sustainability standards ...
Oil and gas producers must confront a “pivotal” choice: continue to accelerate the climate crisis or become part of the solution, the International Energy Agency said in a report Thursday.
(Reuters) -The U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to scrap many of President Joe Biden's policies aimed at fighting climate change, saying the measures ...
A related phenomenon driven by climate change is woody plant encroachment, affecting up to 500 million hectares globally. [218] Climate change has contributed to the expansion of drier climate zones, such as the expansion of deserts in the subtropics. [219] The size and speed of global warming is making abrupt changes in ecosystems more likely ...
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's divorce is taking...a while to wrap up, which might have something to do with the ex-couple allegedly having some doubts. “There’s still a lot of love between ...