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“Designer plants” may help meet global demand for palm oil and avoid deforestation
Malaysian scientists now have the ability to trace for high oil-yielding genes in the palm oil plant, allowing them to create “designer palms” with the capacity to control the amount and type of oil being produced.
US biofuel policy excludes Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil amid industry protests
Palm oil industry experts in Indonesia and Malaysia — two of the world’s largest producers — have criticised a recent analysis by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that biodiesel produced by palm oil does not qualify...
Big brother is watching: Forest surveillance systems could reveal new terrestrial animals
A global network of remote cameras placed in the tropical forests of seven countries has the potential to discover unexpected land-dwelling mammals and species that are thought to be extinct, according to the results of a study...
All that glitters is not gold: Precious metal mining in Congo should stay small for the sake of the forest
The harmful impacts of gold and diamond mining on the Congo Basin rainforest can be minimised by ensuring that operations stay small, so locals employed by the sector continue to be motivated to preserve the forests where they...
Rush to acquire African farmland risks countries bearing costs of global resource scarcity, says study
The recent rush to acquire farmland in order to meet rising global demands for food and fuel is putting African countries at risk of bearing the social, economic, and environmental costs of global resource scarcity, says a new...
