Invests in big spending projects, to ensure the north of england gets a fair share of the cash. Five, four, three, two, one. Zero. Lift off. Blast off for a satellite that will track rising sea levels improving our understanding of climate change. Now on bbc news, indonesia is the Worlds Largest exporter of palm oil and in the last two decades, vast areas of forest have been cleared to make way for plantations. The remote province of papua, home to asias most extensive remaining rainforests, has escaped fairly untouched, until now. This film investigates how papua has become the new frontier for aggressive palm oil expansion. West papua, indonesia. Some of the last untouched rainforests on the planet are being cleared to make way for oil palm plantations. Indigenous tribes paid less than 10 us a hectare for their ancestral lands. Here, a south korean palm oil giant carried out deliberate and illegal burning on its land. You have to develop a technique that can determine if a fire is in
Is the Worlds Largest exporter of palm oil, and in the last two decades vast areas of forest have been cleared to make way for plantations. The remote province of papua, home to asias most extensive remaining rainforests, has escaped fairly untouched, until now. This film investigates how papua has become the new frontier for aggressive palm oil expansion. West papua, indonesia. Some of the last untouched rainforests on the planet are being cleared to make way for oil palm plantations. Indigenous tribes paid less than 10 us a hectare for their ancestral lands. Here, a south korean palm oil giant carried out deliberate and illegal burning on its land. They have to developed a technique that can determine if a fire is intentional or not. This can bring liability to big corporations who are in charge of these concession sites. The company at the centre of this Story Associated with the worlds leading sustainable certification body. Sings. The forest of west papua are some of the most biod
The three tier system next wednesday but what people can and cant do within the tiers has changed. The government will review the restrictions in england every 1a days with the first review on 16 december. Our north of england correspondent danny savage reports from yorkshire. This, it turns out, was aspirational thinking in hull. There was an infection rate of 776 per 100,000 people a couple of weeks ago. No surprise here, then, that theyre going into the new tier 3. During the first lockdown, the only people that i knew were a friend of a friends auntie who had it, really, in this area, but more so, ive got children at school, and theyve got friends that have contracted it, friends parents that have contracted it. People here say not enough locals have stuck to the rules, while some are sticklers for them. Its absolutely rife. My husbands been self isolating since well before. Hes on the extreme list, so we have to be everything careful. And youre happy for that to go on for some mon
New rules allowing three households to celebrate christmas together have been welcomed by those desperate to spend time with friends and family again. But for others, the chance to socialise more is throwing up all kinds of dilemmas. Jon kay reports from plymouth. All sam wants for christmas is. Christmas. Its the only time of the year that i get everybody together. It is very important, it is special. She is desperate for her children and grandchildren to see the tree inside and to celebrate like they do every year. Its not the presents, its having all my family around me. That is the important thing. Even if it is only just for one day, just to let families get together to enjoy christmas. What about the risks to Public Health of people mixing . I think thats the problem. People cannot go silly. They have to be sensible if they want to do this, otherwise we will have a rotten january. Little gatherings would be ok maybe . Hopefully. Its a big decision for politicians and for families
The tantalising prospect of a return to normality life after covid. The uk medical regulator has become the first in any country to approve a covid vaccine, clearing the Pfizer Biontech jab for immediate use. But now comes what Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called the immense logistical challenge in getting people vaccinated and notjust here but around the world. Well be finding outjust how big a task that is in a moment, but first lets hear from the uk boss of pfizer, who spoke to our medical editor, fergus walsh. Its an incredible moment for society and i really think this is now a turning point in the fight against this pandemic, both here in the uk and across the globe. I couldnt be prouder right now. And in terms of doses, give us an idea of how many doses you can get to the uk, where they are coming from, and how soon we will get them. We are working to supply 800,000 doses this week to the nhs and we are scaling up from there. Our intention is across there. Our intention is a