How Cargill is Saving Humanity… and the World
If you made $5 billion clearing a community’s forest and community food garden, polluted and drained their rivers, but gave them a tree and a bucket of clean water in…
RAN Executive Director on the Connections Between Forests and Climate Change
It has been an extreme summer. Droughts. Wildfires. Crop failures. Heat waves. Melting ice caps. We’ve seen these words so much this summer you may not feel any shock at…
New Study: Protected Forests Won’t Combat Species Extinction Without Proper Safety Buffer Zones
Is protecting a small fragment of intact natural forest habitat amidst a sea of oil palm plantations enough to combat extinction? Two rare, critically endangered Sumatran rhinos were recently captured…
Cargill’s Not so Secret Expansion Plans in Indonesia
If Cargill’s PR stunt a few months ago left you feeling confused about the company’s role in driving deforestation and potential orangutan extinction in Indonesia, you might find it helpful…
Cargill Admits Buying Palm Oil from Illegally Cleared Orangutan Habitat
Last week, Cargill admitted to doing business with a very dodgy plantation company in Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) that has illegally cleared thousands of hectares of orangutan habitat — and…
Cargill Needs to Come Clean: Demand Transparency
With palm oil in half of all products for sale in US grocery stores, we have the right to know the true cost of its production. Cargill is the #1…
Illegal Fires in Sumatra Escalate, Creating Regional Air Pollution Crisis
Tragically, we just received a breaking report from our allies at the End of the Icons Coalition that at least 20 major fires and dozens of smaller ones are again…
A Week in Rio: Greenwash Gone Wild!
It’s not a pretty sight: a convergence of some of the world’s most rapacious corporations spouting their forgotten love for nature as they cavort at Rio+20 VIP events. Take Asia…
Scientists or Lobbyists: Who do You Trust to Act in the Best Interests of our World’s Rainforests?
In what has been called the biggest climate decision of the year for the Obama Administration, the Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil industries are flexing their lobbying muscle to overturn…
APP’s Deforestation Commitments: Hollow Promises from an Untrustworthy Company
On May 15th, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) announced several “new” commitments that appear to have the potential, if implemented, to address some of the numerous controversies surrounding the company’s…