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Report on invasive species in Micronesia
Elaeis guineensis (African oil palm) is spreading on Pohnpei, particularly on drier sites. Timonius timon (liberal) is widespread ... Molucca albizia, also known as tuhke kerosene on Pohnpei), Samanea saman (monkeypod), Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree), and Tecoma stans (yellow-bells). A wide variety of introduced ...
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Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School :: CUSTOM COURSE INFO - San Jose State-Anthro 115
Manuel Antonio. In route to the beach, students will pass through African Oil Palm plantations (one of Costa Rica’s most lucrative exports.) Guest lectures presented by foreign nationals ... that are solely owned by the large multi-national Numar corporation. A visit to an African oil palm processing plant will also be done en-route to the coast. At the CRROBS Manuel ...
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Elaeis guineensis
African Oil Palm is monoecious and cross-pollinated, and individual palms are very heterozygous. Three varieties are distinguished: those with orange nuts which have the finest oil ...
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Science in Africa, Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine, Home Page
Health African oil palm Producing two types of oil and with a per hectare yield of as much as 9 to 10 times that of soybeans, the African Oil Palm is attracting great interest for both human and mechanical (fuel) consumption. No ordinary oil - Recognised as a potent nutritional supplement, vitamin rich palm fruit oil extracted from the African Oil Palm has ...
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Eco-Index: Stories from the Field
Some rivers flow into our zone that come from intensely farmed areas, where there are African oil palm and banana crops that require great quantities of chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers. Similarly, deforestation affects ...
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PlantTalk.org - When Biofuels Invade
The African oil palm is another example of the havoc an invasive species can wreak. It is recommended for ... forest from a rich mix of trees and plant life into a homogenous layer of palm leaves. A meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity currently being held in Bonn ...
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East African Safari Wildlife Calendar
Available calendars Mount Kenya | East African Safari Wildlife | Kenya's Turkana People | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Peru | African Wildlife | Alaska | China | Chameleons of Madagascar ... alleviation Cell phones in Africa Seniors helping Africa Oil palm in rainforests Extinction debate Extinction crisis Extinction debate Palm Oil Borneo Orangutans in Borneo Interviews T-SHIRTS ...
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African Wildlife Calendar
Available calendars Mount Kenya | East African Safari Wildlife | Kenya's Turkana People | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Peru | African Wildlife | Alaska | China | Chameleons of Madagascar ... alleviation Cell phones in Africa Seniors helping Africa Oil palm in rainforests Extinction debate Extinction crisis Extinction debate Palm Oil Borneo Orangutans in Borneo Interviews T-SHIRTS ...
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Rainforest Portal Rainforest Conservation Links: Destruction/Oil Palm
Rainforest Conservation Links: Destruction/Oil Palm Skip to Content Rainforest Portal Search, Inform, Debate, Act Search Internet News Portal Links Home > Destruction > Oil Palm Rainforest Portal: Oil Palm Links (XML/RSS) Links ... .biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/ABN_Agro.pdf (1 vote) a report published by the African Biodiversity Network about the impacts on biofuel production and plans in Africa, with ...
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IISD Reporting Services @ Eighth African Union Summit, 22-30 January 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Related Links AU Summit Resources AU Summit Website African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology African Ministerial Conference on Environment African High Level Panel on Modern Biotechnology New Partnership ... , legumes, cotton, oil palm, beef, dairy, poultry and fisheries products, and at the sub-regional level, such cassava, sorghum and millet, and to increase the Intra-African trade. The ...
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