Comments on: Southeast Asia: Alternative sources of energy http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/03/southeast-asia-alternative-sources-of-energy/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:14:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: B http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/03/southeast-asia-alternative-sources-of-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1483489 B Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:23:12 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=46050#comment-1483489 Remember, in areas like the Philippines where forest cover is shrinking way beyond what is reasonable to provide ecosystem services like water, flood control, and oxygen to its people, renewable does not necessarily mean sustainable. To raise these questions is to be called "anti-development" by some, but it is the only smart thing to do by those who have a planning horizon of more than a few months. Kanlaon Natural Park is a recent example. PNOC-EDC is looking to create a geothermal plant there, in an area where about 40% of Negros' remaining 4.9% forest area is. It is not some irrational idea of conservation, but good planning-- the necessity of asking whether there are other options, given that about 40-50% of forest cover (at least 10 times what exists now) is needed to retain ecosystem services to the people. Remember, in areas like the Philippines where forest cover is shrinking way beyond what is reasonable to provide ecosystem services like water, flood control, and oxygen to its people, renewable does not necessarily mean sustainable.

To raise these questions is to be called “anti-development” by some, but it is the only smart thing to do by those who have a planning horizon of more than a few months.

Kanlaon Natural Park is a recent example. PNOC-EDC is looking to create a geothermal plant there, in an area where about 40% of Negros’ remaining 4.9% forest area is. It is not some irrational idea of conservation, but good planning– the necessity of asking whether there are other options, given that about 40-50% of forest cover (at least 10 times what exists now) is needed to retain ecosystem services to the people.

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]]> By: Richard Zimmerman http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/03/southeast-asia-alternative-sources-of-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1482183 Richard Zimmerman Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:55:50 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=46050#comment-1482183 Thanks so much for mentioning Orangutan Outreach. The plight of wild orangutans is 100% tied in to the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia (and to a lesser extent in Malaysia). Palm oil corporations are destroying the forests-- and in the process slaughtering thousands of defenseless orangutans. These innocent beings need to be protected. They do not deserve this heinous mistreatment at the hands of greedy palm oil barons. The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is helping protect and care for over a thousand orphaned orangutans-- and needs your help! Visit the Orangutan Outreach website to learn how you can help save the orangutans! Adopt a baby orangutan today! http://redapes.org Thanks for your support! Richard Zimmerman Director, Orangutan Outreach Reach out and save the orangutans! Thanks so much for mentioning Orangutan Outreach. The plight of wild orangutans is 100% tied in to the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia (and to a lesser extent in Malaysia).

Palm oil corporations are destroying the forests– and in the process slaughtering thousands of defenseless orangutans. These innocent beings need to be protected. They do not deserve this heinous mistreatment at the hands of greedy palm oil barons.

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is helping protect and care for over a thousand orphaned orangutans– and needs your help!

Visit the Orangutan Outreach website to learn how you can help save the orangutans! Adopt a baby orangutan today!
http://redapes.org

Thanks for your support!

Richard Zimmerman
Director, Orangutan Outreach
Reach out and save the orangutans!

]]> By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » If you can’t beat ‘em, distract ‘em http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/03/southeast-asia-alternative-sources-of-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1481625 Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » If you can’t beat ‘em, distract ‘em Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:45:29 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=46050#comment-1481625 [...] Mong Palatino in Global Voices has an excellent roundup of regional initiatives in this regard, and again, government has to take the lead in ensuring the country’s part of these regional undertakings (an ASEAN consensus on nuclear energy, for example). And past issues that bedeviled development projects need to be addressed (opposition to power plants, including geothermal plants, even nuclear energy, etc. among others). [...] [...] Mong Palatino in Global Voices has an excellent roundup of regional initiatives in this regard, and again, government has to take the lead in ensuring the country’s part of these regional undertakings (an ASEAN consensus on nuclear energy, for example). And past issues that bedeviled development projects need to be addressed (opposition to power plants, including geothermal plants, even nuclear energy, etc. among others). [...]

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