#ecocide

Ecocide in Gaza – Israel’s Other War Crime

The Israeli assault since 2023 has not only been a genocidal attack on the people of Gaza. Its impact on the Strip’s soil, water and air amounts to an attack on everything that makes life possible.

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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil: 19 years is enough Palm Oil Detectives

For nearly two decades now, the RSPO has failed in its mission to make the industrial palm oil sector “sustainable”. Instead, it has been used by the palm oil industry to greenwash environmental destruction, labour and human rights abuses and land grabbing.

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Woodlark Cuscus Phalanger lullulae Palm Oil Detectives

The Woodlark #Cuscus is a nocturnal marsupial found nowhere else but the forests of Woodlark, Madau, and Alcester islands. By day, the Woodlark Cuscus curls into tree hollows or buries themselves in tangles of epiphytes; by night, they move silently through the canopy, their marbled fur blending with the shifting shadows. The Woodlark Cuscus faces imminent extinction as palm oil plantations, logging, and gold mining threaten to erase the last forests of their island home. With all individual cus

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Ultra-processed Foods: Trashing Health and The Planet Palm Oil Detectives

Our world is facing a huge challenge: we need to create enough high-quality, diverse and nutritious food to feed a growing population – and do so within the boundaries of our planet. This means significantly reducing the environmental impact of the global food system. Below is information about how you can identify ultra processed foods containing palm oil and other harmful ingredients in order to avoid them - for your own health and the health of the planet. Help the planet, animals and indigen

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Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen,’ say climate groups   - The Hill Times

While one Greenpeace campaigner says the legislation grants cabinet ‘unchecked discretion’ to circumvent environmental laws, for CSG Senator Clément Gignac, it’s ‘a very large positive step in the right direction’ for the economy.

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Fossil fuel expansion is ecocide: a crime against nature and humanity - The Hill Times

The expansionary actions of the fossil-fuel industry, governments and private and public-sector investors, in Canada and around the world, amount to ecocide. While not yet technically a crime, their actions are morally unacceptable.

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Danone Palm Oil Detectives

Savvy consumers have been pressuring French Dairy multinational Danone for decades to cease using deforestation palm oil. Yet they actually haven't

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Nicobar Islands Port and Palm Oil: Threatens Giant Turtles Palm Oil Detectives

On Great Nicobar Island in the most southerly part of India, big plans are in motion to transform the island into a shipping hub and destroy its native ecosystems including mangroves, reef systems and forests, putting the already endangered leatherback sea turtle (along with 1000's of other species) perilously close to extinction. Around one million trees are set to be felled to make way for palm oil and other monoculture crops on the islands, writes PhD Candidate Divya Narain for The Conversati

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PZ Cussons Palm Oil Detectives

PZ Cussons is a British-owned global retail giant. They own well-known supermarket brands in personal care, cleaning, household goods and toiletries categories, such as Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Carex, Radiant laundry powder and more. (See below for full list) Savvy consumers have been pressuring PZ Cussons to cease using deforestation palm oil. Yet they have failed on this.

David Suzuki Foundation

Ottawa’s push to streamline project assessments steamrolls nature protections

New legislation would grant Ottawa unconstrained power to waive conditions needed to protect nature.

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🕊️ Stop de Oorlogskoorts! - Mobilizon

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Palm Oil Free Sunscreens & Insect Repellent Palm Oil Detectives

Protect yourself from the #sun 🌞⛱️🌻 while protecting 1000's of #animals 🦧🦜🪲🦏🐘 from #palmoil #ecocide. Reject #beauty brands like #Loreal and Avon and find #PalmOilFree #Sunscreen. Fight back now! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife