my care2
make a difference

community & fun

shares

share your passions, stories, inspirations, and more

Back to the East India Company Imperialism Future
Nov 5, 2009

A combination of giant agricultural firms from the US, Malaysia, China, Gulf oil states, Korea and others are leading the charge to gobble up farmland and forests to grow whatever gives them the highest profit and if it means destroying natural forests - so be it and damn the consequences downstream!
clipped from www.ipsnews.net
UGANDA: Palm Project Accused of Environmental Destruction
Thousands of hectares of forest are being replaced with oil palms. / Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS
UGANDA: Palm Project Accused of Environmental Destruction
The Ugandan government entered into an agreement with BIDCO, the largest
manufacturer of vegetable oil in Uganda, and Malaysian palm oil giants
Wilmar to set up a plantation and refinery in the Kalangala islands in Lake
Victoria. Transnational agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland owns
shares in both companies.

KADINGO says apart from massive application of fertilisers which washes into
the lake causing over-production of algae and water weeds with knock-on
effects on lake ecosystems, BIDCO has also encroached on national forestry
land outside the 7,000 hectares it received from Uganda government.

Imported from external blog


Visibility: Everyone
Posted: Thursday November 5, 2009, 10:18 am
Tags: common green peace humane and ecology sense [add/edit tags]

Group Discussions start a discussion
Comments
Or, log in with your
Facebook account:
Compose your comment and submit:

Author

Ned Hamson
Author Tools:
Compose New Share
male, age 65, married
Cincinnati, OH, USA
NED'S SHARES
Dec
30
(0 comments  |  discussions )
clipped from peripateticphilosopher.bl ogspot.com WINNERS AND LOSERS AND HOW EASILY THEY REVEAL THEMSELVES! Everyone is a winner but also a loser. Winning and losing are inextricably connected. That is the nature of life. Winning becomes a...
Dec
29
(0 comments  |  discussions )
It will take a tissue or two but read this young girl's story to share with others who need a story of courage to carry on. clipped from awwproject.wordpress.com Walking, One Hand at a Time When I was nine months old, I had a fever ...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
clipped from www.indypendent.org Gaza Freedom March: &aci rc;€˜You Have to Put Your Own Life On the Line,’ An Interview with Hedy Epstein By Judith Mahoney Pasternak CAIRO, December 28â&...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
As baby boomers the world over try and figure out how to keep the juices going as the enter their 60's and look forward to their 90s and beyond - should look up! clipped from globalvoicesonline.org Brazil: 100-year-old grandma realises parachut...


ads keep care2 free
SHARES FROM NED'S NETWORK
Dec
30
by Road L.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Robert Scheer on Terrorism"The Global War on Stealth Underwear" -- There is no “war” against terrorism. What George W. Bush launched and Barack Obama insists on perpetuating does not qualify. Not if by war one means doing the obvious and ...
Dec
22
by Road L.
(1 comments  |  discussions )
Road LessTraveled sent you an eCard from Care2! Click on the following link to view your eCard, or paste it into your browser: http://www.care2.com/send /pickup/1355-31912-99173- 1605 This Care2 eCard was sent December 22, 2009 and will be available ...
Dec
21
by Road L.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
  It is an ungodly mess of errors, loopholes, and massive giveaways. When the American people find out what's actually  ;in this bill, they will revolt. Congress and President Obama have no choice but to do better for health care than...
Dec
18
by Road L.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Please note news story at;  http://www.care2.com/news /member/901507364/1333901 THESE ARE FIGHTING WORDS--Keith Olbermann on Perversion of Health Care Bill US Politics & Gov't  (tags:&n bsp;healthcare, obam a, ethic...
Dec
17
by Road L.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Joe Lieberman can only hold reform hostage if we let him video:http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=8vS6kIbJu64&a mp;feature=player_embedde d Tell President Obama and Congress not to let Joe Lieberman gut health care reform. We're counting on them to fig...


ads keep care2 free
MORE MEMBER BLOGS
Dec 31
Blog: The Lorax Project by Anna C.
(0 comments  |  discussions ) — My kids love Dr. Seuss, so for Christmas we gave them The Lorax.  I don’t know how I reached age 36 without reading this brilliant 1971 classic. Now that I have, I think it the single most imaginative presentation of the tension between i... more
Blog: Clearing the Gene Pool by Elizabeth F.
(0 comments  |  discussions ) — CLEARING THE GENE POOL Messages have been coming through from many sources of recent times about beginning again with a blank slate which I see as the return to the purity of original creation, this time in the full conscious expression and experi... more
Blog: A little thought by Mark D.
(0 comments  |  discussions ) —       A little thought  It is interesting how a little thought will just pop up with no seeming connection to what is going on at the time.  I left my room this morning and was walking towards the infirmary, when the th... more
Blog: Officials Claim Second Man Unrelated To Christmas Attack by Past Member .
(0 comments  |  discussions ) — Officials Claim Second Man Unrelated To Christmas Attack Bomber's accomplice being protected? Multiple eyewitness accounts contradicted Paul Joseph Watson more
Blog: Just back from Yemen... some thoughts by Rianne t.
(0 comments  |  0 discussions ) — I am a humanitarian aid worker in my day job and have just returned from a work trip to northern Yemen... a poor country, very poor. Two key thoughts that I'd like to share in the area of environment (I spent most time in Hajjah and Amran Governorates... more
 
Content and comments expressed here are the opinions of Care2 users and not necessarily that of Care2.com or its affiliates.
Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved