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Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report
A dangerous combination of the development of industrial palm oil and pulpwood plantations on Indonesia's carbon-rich peatlands, and weakened regulations to protect peat, means that annual toxic...
22 Nov 2019
Perpetual haze? Sustained pressure on peatlands will mean no end to Indonesia's forest fires, warns report
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Food & Agriculture
Are small farmers ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all?
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smallholders
by 2020. The need to do so will only grow more urgent as the number of such operators continues to increase, expanding their share of Indonesia’s oil palm plantation area to 60 percent by...
16 Apr 2018
Are small farmers ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all?
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Food & Agriculture
Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study
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smallholders
and, like GAR, is aiming for full traceability by the end of 2020. Both Musim Mas and GAR are members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry certifier for palm oi...
1 Oct 2019
Big brands sourcing illegal palm oil from habitat of orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers: study
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Food & Agriculture
Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back
Three years after forest fires in Indonesia sent huge volumes of smoke billowing into Malaysia and Singapore, the Southeast Asian neighbors are dealing with a repeat of the “embarrassing” transboundar...
8 Aug 2019
Haze from forest fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment’, is back
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Food & Agriculture
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
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smallholders
. But we really need to question that," said Adrian Martin, a professor at Britain's University of East Anglia. One in nine people already do not have enough food and the world population ...
21 Jun 2018
Experts question wisdom that more food means less hunger
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Carbon & Climate
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change
In decades to come, African farmers may pool their money to buy small robot vehicles to weed their fields or drones that can hover to squirt a few drops of pesticide only where needed. Smartphones alr...
29 Jul 2019
Innovation rush aims to help farmers, rich and poor, beat climate change
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Policy & Finance
Land bill at centre of unrest in Indonesia
In late September, international news outlets caught flak for their coverage of Indonesia’s largest mass protests since the 1998 uprising that led to the fall of the dictator Suharto. Headlines publis...
4 Nov 2019
Land bill at centre of unrest in Indonesia
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Policy & Finance
Malaysian
smallholders
accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban
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smallholders
claimed that the planned ban on palm oil will threaten 650,000 farmers and over 3.2 million Malaysians who depend on the palm oil industry for their livelihoods. The ire from Malaysian fa...
25 Jan 2018
Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges
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smallholders
in particular, some sort of assurances that their efforts will be rewarded.” Coming together When Hernedi met Syahrani in 2016, she was working as the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Su...
12 Nov 2018
Indonesia’s sustainable districts bet on corporate deforestation pledges
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Food & Agriculture
Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja
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smallholders
about sustainable farming practices.
Smallholders
produce 40 per cent of the US$66 billion industry’s oil, but are held back by what Widjaja calls "very old" farming practices. Among them...
28 Feb 2018
Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja
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Food & Agriculture
What does sustainable palm oil mean to
smallholders
?
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smallholders
produce 40 per cent of the US$66 billion industry’s oil, but only 14.5 per cent of the world’s sustainable palm oil. The potential for
smallholders
to grow palm oil in ways that avoid the...
30 Jan 2018
What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?
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Policy & Finance
India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed
As the second week of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP) kicked off in Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted South-South cooperation and i...
10 Sep 2019
India promotes South-South cooperation, but key questions unaddressed
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Lifestyle
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
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smallholders
, especially in the Pacific region, simply do not use agrochemicals. It’s also more likely to be grown in heavily rainforested areas, with almost zero water footprint. “ With a bit of att...
2 Apr 2018
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
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Policy & Finance
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
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smallholders
’ share of the country’s palm plantations, which stands at about 40 per cent of the 120,000 square kilometres of planted palm estates, according to government data. But there’s a high degr...
22 Feb 2019
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
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Carbon & Climate
24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
From sustainable landscape restoration that mitigates climate change, to tenure security and innovative financing tools, to climate-smart lifestyle changes, the agenda is wide and deep for an upcoming...
3 May 2019
24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
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Food & Agriculture
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday. From s...
26 Feb 2019
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
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Food & Agriculture
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
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smallholders
to complete the certification process. “The clock has already started ticking for us in 2018,” says Webber. “It will take a few years to completely roll out since there are millions of sm...
7 Mar 2018
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
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Water
Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day - sometimes going out in the middle of the night - from a hand pump about half a kilometre from her house in India's Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her b...
20 Mar 2019
Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
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Food & Agriculture
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
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smallholders
with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land each. The majority of farmers in the region face an uphill battle to access credit, leaving them unable to modernise, boost yields, diversify i...
12 Oct 2018
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
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Food & Agriculture
Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture
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smallholders
, pigs represent their livelihoods, says Ohlsson. "They’re used to pay dowries, for financial security. They're incredibly valuable and well taken care of, but that value is reflected by t...
10 May 2019
Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture
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Japan-led decarbonisation forum called out for promoting ‘false’ climate solutions to Indonesia
Billed as a platform to advance decarbonisation and boosting economic growth, environmentalists say the Asia Zero Emission Community …
Japan-led decarbonisation forum called out for promoting 'false' climate solutions to Indonesia
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Carbon & Climate
Why is the weather becoming more extreme?
Climate change is making floods, heatwaves and storms more frequent and more intense; scientists warn emissions must be …
Why is the weather becoming more extreme?
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Food & Agriculture
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
Large trials in Indonesia and Malaysia are showing it is possible to become sustainable without damaging productivity or …
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
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Manufacturing
‘Too much humiliation’: Why Samsung workers are striking in India
From poor pay to no holiday leave, hundreds of Samsung workers in India say they want basic rights …
'Too much humiliation': Why Samsung workers are striking in India
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Food & Agriculture
Industry pressure stalls EU anti-deforestation law rollout; NGOs call delay ‘an act of nature vandalism’
After sustained pressure from commodity producers and resistance from its own members, the EU Commission decided to postpone …
Industry pressure stalls EU anti-deforestation law rollout; NGOs call delay 'an act of nature vandalism'
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Energy
Japan’s decarbonisation projects in Southeast Asia are prolonging fossil fuel use: study
Projects involving liquified natural gas, ammonia co-firing with coal plants and carbon capture and storage are designed to …
Japan’s decarbonisation projects in Southeast Asia are prolonging fossil fuel use: study
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