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A recently cleared area inside PT Damai Agro Sejahtera concession oil palm concession, part of the Bumitama group, in Muara Kayong hamlet, Nanga Tayap sub-district, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan.
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New evidence shows expansion by Unilever palm oil suppliers is driving species extinction in Central Kalimantan, and fueling climate change.<\/p>\n\n

Executive summary<\/h2>\n\n

In November 2007, Greenpeace released \u2018Cooking the Climate\u2019, an 82-page report summarizing the findings of a two-year investigation that revealed how the world\u2019s largest food, cosmetic and biofuel companies were driving the wholesale destruction of Indonesia\u2019s rainforests and peatlands through growing palm oil consumption.<\/p>\n\n

This follow-up report provides further evidence of the expansion of the palm oil sector in Indonesia into remaining rainforests, orangutan habitat and peatlands in Kalimantan. It links the majority of the largest producers in Indonesia to Unilever, probably the largest palm oil corporate consumer in the world.<\/p>\n\n

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