Industrial palm oil production expands at expense of rainforests in Peru

Intensive palm oil production is expanding at the expense of biolologically-rich lowland rainforests in the Peruvian Amazon, reports a study published in Environmental Research Letters

mongabay.com | January 10, 2012

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Common Ground: Securing a future for all who share our planet’s resources

We live in a fragmented landscape. This would matter a lot less if human populations were sparse and ecosystems across the globe were in a healthy state. However, the exact converse is the case today: human numbers have exceeded seven billion with the fastest rates of growth in developing and often already environmentally-stressed countries, and the UN’s authoritative Millennium Ecosystem Assessment provides solid evidence that virtually all major habitat types across the planet are substantially degraded with alarming implications for their continued capacity to support human well-being into the long-term future

by Dr. Mark Everard | Nov 30 2011 by STIR in Energy Bulletin | Dec 1, 2011

Seed Sharing: To counter the rise of the proprietorial control of seeds Indian women swap seeds.

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