As reported by Reuters yesterday:
The president of Uganda asked the National Forest Authority boss to quit after he refused to license a palm oil company to destroy a pristine rainforest on an island in Lake Victoria, according to his resignation note.
According to the article, a palm oil plantation would offer economic benefits that outweigh environmental concerns. They'll need to break the law to move ahead, but according to the president's office, they have to act fast to beat out other countries that might also try to court the palm oil company.
Clearly this is an incredibly short-sighted act, as the ecological damage that ensues could soon not only make the island's soil untenable for palm trees, but alter the lake's ecosystem in ways that disrupt other income-earning activities it supports.
But we can't really blame the Ugandan government for scrambling to grab a piece of the gold rush that global demand for biodiesel has created. Our do-gooder feelings (and low fuel prices!) at the expense of their rainforest. That's not such a bad deal, is it?
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Biodiversivist Posted 10:49 am
12 Dec 2006
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com
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Biodiversivist Posted 12:45 pm
12 Dec 2006
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com
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Julia Olmstead Posted 12:31 am
13 Dec 2006
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amazingdrx Posted 2:21 am
13 Dec 2006
The good news coming out of technological breakthroughs in solar, wind, water power and hybrid plugin vehicles, solid oxide fuel cell/turbines, geothermal heating/cooling, biogas systems, is amazing!
The solutions are here already, but largely ignored by the media and almost completely ignored by those wielding the power of government policy and corporate investment.
Meanwhile, the mostly unheard by the public, corporate/ political wrangling continues in the halls of congress ruled by lobbyists.
And we here in blogland try to illuminate the scene with the latest developments and expose' of eco-disasters like this damn fuel farming. A pox on agribizz fuel farming everywhere!!
When considering fuel farming just consult bio-d's site on it. You have all the facts assembled in one place, excellent! And the link to that article that states that 15 to 30% of uS CO2 emissions are absorbed by conservation land.
That is the key to reversing global climate disaster, and a major contraindication of curing the addiction to oil with an addiction to fuel farming. Along with the fact that it is physically impossible to replace a signifigant amount of oil with farmed fuel.
Damn you bio-willy! He looks like santa, but his shilling for biofuel makes him a huge eco-grinch!
http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog
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Biodiversivist Posted 2:31 am
13 Dec 2006
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com
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amazingdrx Posted 3:53 pm
13 Dec 2006
I think we could convert him to bio-algae/solar collecter-desiel-willy. If he would listen to reason.
Maybe if the algae was bio-engineered to produce hash oil he would join up?
http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog
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Biodiversivist Posted 12:01 am
14 Dec 2006
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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amazingdrx Posted 12:45 am
14 Dec 2006
http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog
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Hodbrid Posted 11:34 am
10 Sep 2007
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