Greenpeace says the New Zealand government should step in and stop this country s dairy industry from using or PKE as a supplementary feed.
The environmental group says New Zealand dairy farmers constitute the biggest export market for PKE from Indonesia, but that this continued use of the palm oil by-product is one of the ways that intensive dairying is fuelling the climate crisis.
But Federated Farmers has dismissed the Greenpeace claims, saying PKE is needed.
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Greenpeace said a million hectares of rainforest in West Papua had been lost in the past 20 years, with the stripped land typically replanted in oil palms.
PKE: good or bad? NZ farmers take on Greenpeace
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The use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) by New Zealand’s
intensive dairying industry is linked to the destruction of
peatland and rainforests, which is driving the climate
crisis.
A
new Greenpeace International report has found evidence
of systematic violations by the Indonesian Government
regarding plantation and forest release permits in the Papua
region. The report also finds that clearing forest for palm
plantations in the Papua area could release huge amounts of
carbon into the atmosphere, undoing previous climate
action.
New Zealand is the world’s biggest importer
of palm kernel expeller - a product of the palm industry
ACE Mentor Program completes 4th year, names scholarship winners By: Joe Yovino April 29, 2021
12:13 pm
The ACE Mentor Program of Greater Milwaukee held a virtual event on April 27 awarding three scholarships and six internships to local Milwaukee students.
Over the past 3 years, the Milwaukee Chapter has offered over $40,000 in scholarships to students planning to attend post-secondary education and training leading to careers in architecture, engineering, construction or the skilled crafts. This year’s scholarship recipients demonstrated exceptional work ethic and relationship building with industry professionals. They are:
Brianna Gutierrez, a senior at St. Augustine Preparatory Academy, is a dedicated student who thrived during her 6-week internship with Mortenson. At Mortenson, she effectively navigated through a series of 3D models and accurately estimated an entire structural steel package for a local hospital. ACE Mentor Program of America selectedGutierre
Of the 12 New Zealand Government recovery policies ranked, only the $560 million aviation support package was classed as negative for the environment. Four agricultural support packages were highlighted in the report including food waste prevention, containing wallabies, pest management and improving waterways, totalling $575m. Others included $52.6m for subsidised insulation and retrofits for low income homeowners, $93m for controlling wilding pines, $241m for surface transport projects, $149.6m for waste management, and $195.3m for economy wide support that sits within the $3 billion allocated for the infrastructure investment fund.
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