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Girl power at its finest: The women of Greenpeace Tim Cegah Api
I recently journeyed to Ketapang, in West Kalimantan, Indonesia to see the Greenpeace Tim Cegah Api (TCA), or the Forest Fire Prevention Team, in action. Why? Because I wanted to…
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Celebrating Malaysia Day away from home, for the sake of our forests
The 16th of September is personally significant to me in many ways. Aside from celebrating Malaysia Day, it also marks my father’s birthday. Every year, on his birthday, we as…
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HSBC triggers palm oil investigation to prevent forest destruction
HSBC has just triggered an investigation into a palm oil company which is preparing to clear a huge area of pristine forest in Indonesia. This isn’t just any palm oil…
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Greenpeace tells ASEAN: Act on plastics pollution in region’s oceans
Manila, Philippines – Acting on the urgency of the plastics pollution problem in the region, and with the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit commencing in Manila, Greenpeace…
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New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance
HSBC has just published a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy covering its financing of palm oil companies.
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HSBC Stop funding forest fires in Indonesia
Dissatisfied Malaysian customers today presented HSBC with a mock cheque to the value of 228,434 signatures urging the bank to “Stop Funding Forest Fires in Indonesia”.
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A Radioactive Ruse: Environmental threats posed by the Lynas Rare Earth Element processing facility in Malaysia.
Lynas Corporation, Ltd. (Lynas) is an Australian rare earth elements mining company, built a refining and processing plant valued in excess of A$ 1 billion in Kuantan, on Malaysia’s eastern…