"A solitary excavator digging a canal to drain peatlands, on which a rainforest had recently stood. The area had been home to Sumatran tigers and orangutans, not to mention numerous small communities. The starkness of this image, showing man's ability to lay waste to the environment, was both powerful, and incredibly sad."
"Like many of you, we were shocked and outraged that New Zealand was supporting an environmental crime of such enormity."
"Just over a year after Fonterra's activities were first reported on, the dairy giant is now importing palm kernel in greater quantities than ever - it is likely that more than one million tonnes of palm kernel will be imported for Fonterra's farms this year. That is nearly a quarter of the global palm kernel trade!"
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Environment Southland should do something about that
The image reminds me of a photo I took or a 'development' near Colac Bay recently, so your not far wrong Bio.
Well it is happening much closer to home Robert.
Westland dairy is keen on doubling farm area on the West coast, they said all we have to do is clear off those pesky Podocarps (cockroach's of the forest they are) and we're away laughing!
Low land forest be damned!!
But biodiversity will increase Shunda! More cows you see.
Stop it Robert!
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