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Danny OCallaghan

From rainforest to your cupboard: the real story of palm oil - interactive | Guardian S... - 3 views

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    "You wash with it, you brush with it, you toast it, it's in 50% of what you buy - but what's the real story of palm oil? Use the interactive below to trace the journey of palm oil from the rainforest through to your kitchen cupboard"
Danny OCallaghan

BBC News - Brazil 'to write off' almost $900m of African debt - 0 views

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    "Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt with Africa. Oil- and gas-rich Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Zambia are among the 12 African countries to benefit. The move is seen as an effort to boost economic ties between the world's seventh largest economy and the African continent."
Danny OCallaghan

Sumatran deforestation threatens orangutan population - video | World news | theguardia... - 0 views

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    "Aerial footage, filmed by a drone operated by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation programme, shows the extent of large scale deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. The Tripa swamp forest once boasted 60,000 hectares of forest, which was home to 2,000 orangutans. Now most of it has been destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations. Barely 200 orangutans survive"
Danny OCallaghan

Deforestation of Kalimantan rainforest - in pictures | Environment | theguardian.com - 1 views

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    "Huge swathes of pristine forest of Indonesia, home to the endangered orangutans and red-nose monkeys, is threatened by expanding palm oil concessions "
Danny OCallaghan

Map: All the Countries That Contribute to a Single Jar of Nutella - Roberto A. Ferdman ... - 1 views

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    "Turkish hazelnuts, Malaysian palm oil, Nigerian cocoa, Brazilian sugar, French vanilla..."
Danny OCallaghan

The Globalization of Carbon - 2 views

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    "Have you heard of carbon trading?  Where a country or region sets a cap for its emissions, and then uses permit trading to seek out the cheapest cuts.  I'm guessing you have. But what about the carbon in trade?  The carbon that moves around the world in the form of fossil fuels and finished products. Heard of it? When we talk about carbon emissions we invariably talk about where emissions occur due to fossil fuel combustion.  But carbon moves around a lot.  Oil moves from the Middle East to Europe before being used and products purchased in the US are often made in China.  These movements have important implications for climate policy."
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