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Palm oil - future fuel or ecological disaster?
Considered to be one of the best biofuels to help limit the effects of global warming, palm oil is the cause of deforestation. Forests every day
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Biology
Plant fuel - Indonesia's energy future
Not long ago, the first Indonesian car to operate with 100% biofuels made from jatropha completed a 3,200 km test run in West Timor province. The success of the Mitsubis…
Biology
China: Plant detoxification for soil
For the first time in the world, Chinese scientists have launched a pilot plantation project to extract toxic arsenic from farmland.
Animal world
Three rare elephants were killed in Indonesia
Fakta, an Indonesian environmental protection organization, said the corpses of three elephants - aged between 4 and 5 years - were in a government-owned palm plantation…
Scientific application
Multipurpose automatic fertilizer machine for rubber
The machine can perform automatic application of fertilizer, microbiological, organic pellets and even manure for rubber. Automatic fertilizing system, anti-clogging (ja…
Scientific application
New way to grow potatoes for high efficiency
The potato plantation model tested with minimal tillage method with straw after three years of implementation has proved to be superior to previous traditional methods.
Scientific application
Successful pairing of Buddha's hand scene
The Buddha eye-grafted tree is planted in a pot with yellow fruit and a Buddha's hand, made by Vietnam High-tech Agricultural Seed Joint Stock Company (Van Phu, Viet Tri…
Environment
Oil palm plantations pose a threat to water quality
Palm oil is an ingredient in thousands of products, from peanut butter, packaged bread, shampoo, shaving cream ... the palm oil industry is a booming multi-billion dolla…
Environment
The first factory produced fuel from algae
The SAT, the name of the Austrian company, will build a plant on a sugarcane plantation in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. This plantation is where ethanol is produce…
Environment
Planting forests in the Avarah desert
Researchers work at Tel Aviv University, Israel, conducting plantations in the Aravah desert, Israel.
Environment
Biofuels from plants are equivalent to fossil fuels
Researchers at Leicester University in the United Kingdom found that CO2 emissions in oil palm plantations are more than twice as high as previously thought.
Environment
Recreate the middle tropical jungle
For the first time, scientists carried out the reconstruction of a typical Vietnamese tropical forest based on plantation. 30ha of eucalyptus forest, pine tree, acacia m…
Environment
Solution to prevent sea level rise
Recent research shows that about 150 million people may be affected if the sea level rises by up to 70cm by the end of the century. Sea level rise will inundate coastal…
Environment
China: increase plantation area
According to the China Forestry Agency, in 2006, the country greened 5.23 million hectares of forest, bringing the total forest area to 175 million hectares. In particul…
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Nghe island tea island looks from above
The tea hills are interspersed with Cau Cau dams tourists like green oases of Nghe An, not only suitable for sightseeing, photography but also ideal for kayaking.