Unilever Threatens Côte d’Ivoire’s Primary Rainforests

By Charlie June 4, 2008 1 comment

Shattering recent promises of only using “sustainable” palm oil, consumer food giant Unilever is behind the clearance of one of the last remaining primary rainforests in West Africa’s Côte d’Ivoire further endangering three threatened primates and many rare plants. An Action Alert on the Rainforest Portal can be reached right here. It takes less than a minute to fill out - yes, we’re all busy, but surely we can spare a few seconds?

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One Response to “Unilever Threatens Côte d’Ivoire’s Primary Rainforests”

  1. It takes less than 10 seconds, so you might want to change that in your post, Charlie.

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