Comments on: What do you think about blocking palm oil tankers? http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/what-do-you-think-about-blocking-palm-oil-tankers/ Join the Greenpeace ship Esperanza as she travels around Indonesia to show why the remaining forest areas must be saved to tackle climate change, and how it can be done Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: End of the line, but not the campaign « Protect Forests, Save Our Climate | Greenpeace Southeast Asia http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/what-do-you-think-about-blocking-palm-oil-tankers/#comment-175 End of the line, but not the campaign « Protect Forests, Save Our Climate | Greenpeace Southeast Asia Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:19:48 +0000 http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-175 [...] By the way, comments are still pouring in to the Jakarta Post’s opinion poll, so it looks like you can still add yours. [...] [...] By the way, comments are still pouring in to the Jakarta Post’s opinion poll, so it looks like you can still add yours. [...]

]]> By: forestforclimate http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/what-do-you-think-about-blocking-palm-oil-tankers/#comment-123 forestforclimate Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:26:34 +0000 http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-123 Once our climber was released, the Gran Couva didn't hang around and within about 30 minutes was sailing out of the port. It was already loaded with palm oil and so ready to leave, which is what we were frustrating. As for what industries are using palm oil, it's mainly used in a wide-range of foods, cosmetics and detergents, as well as a small but growing amount being used for biofuels. Plus it's very difficult to avoid - often on the list of ingredients, it's only called 'vegetable oil'. For more info, try this <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/palm-oil" rel="nofollow">primer</a> and <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/faq-palm-oil-forests-and-climate-change" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a> about palm oil from our UK website. Jamie Once our climber was released, the Gran Couva didn’t hang around and within about 30 minutes was sailing out of the port. It was already loaded with palm oil and so ready to leave, which is what we were frustrating.

As for what industries are using palm oil, it’s mainly used in a wide-range of foods, cosmetics and detergents, as well as a small but growing amount being used for biofuels. Plus it’s very difficult to avoid – often on the list of ingredients, it’s only called ‘vegetable oil’. For more info, try this primer and FAQ about palm oil from our UK website.

Jamie

]]> By: Megan http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/what-do-you-think-about-blocking-palm-oil-tankers/#comment-122 Megan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:04:46 +0000 http://forest4climate.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-122 Great video, good to see people using creative tactics to brand corporations with their crimes. Just out of interest, did the tanker end up carrying on its way in the end or did it have to turn around? My immediate reaction to this issue is one of concern that the clearing of natural forest to accomodate palm plantations would surely have a huge effect on the natural habitat of various species, but it has also led me to wonder what industries use large quantities of palm oil, hopefully Wikipedia might hold the answers.... :-) Great video, good to see people using creative tactics to brand corporations with their crimes. Just out of interest, did the tanker end up carrying on its way in the end or did it have to turn around? My immediate reaction to this issue is one of concern that the clearing of natural forest to accomodate palm plantations would surely have a huge effect on the natural habitat of various species, but it has also led me to wonder what industries use large quantities of palm oil, hopefully Wikipedia might hold the answers…. :-)

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