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===Tropical Forests Program=== RAN’s Tropical Forests Program focuses on stopping rainforest deforestation and degradation and the oppression of forest peoples in [[Indonesia]]. As a result of [[Deforestation in Indonesia|deforestation]] and the destruction of [[peatland]] for the [[agribusiness]] and [[pulp and paper industries]], Indonesia is now the third largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world.<ref>{{Citation| author = World Bank| contribution = Indonesia and Climate Change: Current Status and Policies| year = 2007| access-date = 2012-04-12| contribution-url = http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Environment/ClimateChange_Full_EN.pdf| title = Archived copy| archive-date = 2016-12-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161227202326/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Environment/ClimateChange_Full_EN.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Higgins |first=Andrew |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111804162.html |title=A climate threat, rising from the soil |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-date=2019-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024074040/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111804162.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ====Rainforest Agribusiness: palm oil==== [[Image:2008-09-22 - Rainforest Action Network activists @ CBOT - ADM,Bunge,Cargill protest 015.jpg|thumb|right|Rainforest Action Network activists, near Chicago Board of Trade, protest against the expansion of palm oil and soy plantations into critical ecosystems. September 22nd, 2008.]] RAN's Rainforest Agribusiness campaign, The Problem With Palm Oil, centers around the [[social and environmental impact of palm oil]] plantations in the rainforests of [[Indonesia]] and [[Malaysia]]. [[Palm oil]] plantations in these areas result in the clearcutting of tropical hardwoods, the killing of local wildlife, the displacement of local communities and a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions.<ref>{{cite web | last = Richardson | first = Jill | title = Worst Food Additive Ever? It's in Half of All Foods We Eat and Its Production Destroys Rainforests and Enslaves Children | url = http://www.alternet.org/food/152848/worst_food_additive_ever_it%27s_in_half_of_all_foods_we_eat_and_its_production_destroys_rainforests_and_enslaves_children/?page=1 | access-date = 2010-10-25 | archive-date = 2012-01-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105035647/http://www.alternet.org/food/152848/worst_food_additive_ever_it%27s_in_half_of_all_foods_we_eat_and_its_production_destroys_rainforests_and_enslaves_children/?page=1 | url-status = live }}</ref> The campaign’s main target has been [[Cargill]], a privately owned agribusiness company and the largest supplier of palm oil to the United States.<ref>Jan Willem van Gelder, Greasy Palms: European Buyers of Indonesian Palm Oil, Friends of the Earth, 2004.</ref> While still applying pressure to Cargill, in 2010 RAN began campaigning for responsible use of palm oil by food production giant [[General Mills]] through direct action tactics, negotiation and membership engagement; eight months later General Mills issued a strong palm oil policy and committed to getting all of its palm oil from responsible sources by 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.generalmills.com/Home/Responsibility/Sourcing/palm_oil_statement.aspx |title=Statement on responsible palm oil sourcing |publisher=General Mills |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122005702/http://generalmills.com/Home/Responsibility/Sourcing/palm_oil_statement.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Koch | first = Wendy | title = General Mills boycotts palm oil that destroys rain forests | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/09/general-mills-palm-oil-rainforest-destruction/1 | date = 2010-09-24 | access-date = 2012-06-08 | archive-date = 2010-11-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101126220323/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/09/general-mills-palm-oil-rainforest-destruction/1 | url-status = live }}</ref> The campaign simultaneously collaborated with teenagers Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen to help them in their campaign to make Girl Scout Cookies palm-oil free.<ref>{{cite news|last=Walsh |first=Bryan |url=http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2074798,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602233939/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2074798,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |title=Making Girl Scout Cookies Better for the Planet |publisher=Time |date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=2012-12-30}}</ref> The two young women were awarded the prestigious [[Brower Youth Award]] for their work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broweryouthawards.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=10286 |title=2011 Award Winners |publisher=Brower Youth Awards |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524123028/http://broweryouthawards.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=10286 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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