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Food & Agriculture
Attendees at ethical palm oil roundtable flag slow rollout of EUDR’s digital compliance system
Growers and traceability platforms at the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil say the compliance portal for EU’s deforestation law – meant to kick in next month – only opened for registration last week and is not fully live yet.
Carbon & Climate
Proforest appoints Taufiq Alimi as Southeast Asia executive director
Based in Jakarta, Taufiq will lead a fast-expanding regional team focused on sustainable agriculture and forestry initiatives.
Food & Agriculture
Rubber drives ‘at least twice’ as much deforestation as previously thought
The clearing of forests for growing rubber “has been substantially underestimated” in figures used to develop policy on deforestation, new research finds.
Food & Agriculture
EU rep urges Asian trading partners to avoid ‘megaphone diplomacy’ over deforestation law, pledges continuous support
The European Union wants to ‘sit at the table’ with Malaysia and Indonesia and understand the realities of the commodities supply chain in Asia, says Astrid Schomaker, who sits in the directorate-general for environment at the European Commission.
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Food & Agriculture
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27 August 2021
Policy & Finance
Deforestation surge continues amid worsening uncertainty in Myanmar
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Food & Agriculture
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