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IUCN: weaning ourselves off palm oil may not be a good idea
Palm oil is a versatile vegetable oil that is in high demand worldwide. Palm oil can be used in a wide range of products from margarine to shampoos and from biofuel to cosmetics. Palm oil accounts for a third of
Bees are ‘livestock, not wildlife’
Bees produce honey but they do far more than that for us. The flying insects perform invaluable functions in ecosystems by pollinating flowers, thereby helping plants to reproduce. These plants include vital crops that serve as our food from wheat
Climate change is threatening our morning cuppas
If you like your morning cup of coffee, you are hardly alone. Some 2.25 billion cups of coffee are sipped and gobbled down daily around the planet. Nor are you alone in potentially losing your favorite cups of coffee because