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Archive for August, 2007

Aug
20

Green Gold - Indonesia

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July 2007 How green are biofuels made from palm oil? In Indonesia, forests are being felled to make way for palm oil plantations. Deforestation is now the world’s second greatest cause of greenhouse gas. "This is very bad", laments Greenpeace representative, Hapsoro, looking around a palm oil plantation. In this area alone, 8000 hectors of forest have been replaced with plantations. Last year, more than a billion tones of carbon dioxide was released into the environment by forest fires …

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Green Gold - Indonesia

Aug
20

Green Gold - Indonesia

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July 2007 How green are biofuels made from palm oil? In Indonesia, forests are being felled to make way for palm oil plantations. Deforestation is now the world’s second greatest cause of greenhouse gas. "This is very bad", laments Greenpeace representative, Hapsoro, looking around a palm oil plantation. In this area alone, 8000 hectors of forest have been replaced with plantations. Last year, more than a billion tones of carbon dioxide was released into the environment by forest fires …

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Green Gold - Indonesia