... reduces the costs of setting up a plantation by around 40%. Often, unscrupulous ... companies that do establish palm oil plantations sometimes choose to convert forested

... forest management, the role of plantations and the current issues in forestry and

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... communities affected by oil palm plantations reveal major problems. This report

... currently underlying approximately 174,000 square miles in parts of eight Great

... Press Writer Article Launched: 04/09/2008 01:10:49 PM PDT McCLOUD, ... The company wants to pump about 480,000 gallons a day. Meanwhile local ... USA Springs from pumping more than 300,000 gallons a day from the 100 acres it

Researchers are predicting that Within 10 years orangutans may become extinct. Habitat loss and poaching are pushing them towards imminent extinction. Every minute an area equal to 6 football fields of Indonesian forest disappears! The Orangutan Film is pr

From the DLC Website: The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains an author-submission portal; an archive of full-text articles, papers, and dissertations; the Comprehensive Bibli

Meinzen-Dick, R., E. Mwangi, and S. Dohrn. 2006. Securing the commons. CGiAR Sys. Prog. Coll. Action and Prop. Rights. Policy Brief No. 4. 4 pp. www.capri.cgiar.org .pdf A quote: Although the value generated by the use and sale of diverse products (e.g. fu