Indonesian fires

The Great Palm Oil Debate

Chrystal Food, Forests, Sustainability November 12, 2019November 13, 2019Deforestation, Indonesian fires, palm oil, palm oil plantation, POIG, Rainforest Alliance, RSPO, sustainable palm oil

We know by now that a huge percentage of products we pick up off the grocery store (or pharmacy) shelf contain palm oil. If we’re not eating the product we’re likely putting it on our faces or

Impacts On Biodiversity: The Amazon & Indonesian Fires

Eric Amazon Rainforest, Biodiversity, Food, Forests October 8, 2019October 3, 2019Amazon fires, Biodiversity, biological resources, Cattle ranching, ecosystem services, extinction, Farming, Indonesian fires, natural medicines, palm plantations

Plant and animal biodiversity is one of the main factors that makes ecosystems function and beneficial for humans. It is defined as “biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and