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Indonesian officials resist movement to end deforestation for palm oil
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smallholders
union, took aim at those assertions. They portrayed the pact, known as the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), as an important milestone on the road toward sustainability for an industry wh...
8 Sep 2015
Indonesian officials resist movement to end deforestation for palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
In Indonesia, corporate commitment to sustainable palm oil
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smallholders
in supply chains and protection of local tenure rights.” He gave the example of high carbon stock (HCS) commitments, that will likely be embraced by major corporate groups as a way to mee...
29 May 2015
In Indonesia, corporate commitment to sustainable palm oil
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Policy & Finance
Malaysia: Najib launches National Policy on Biological Diversity 2016-2025
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Monday launched the revised National Policy on Biological Diversity to guide biodiversity management over the next 10 years from 2016. The policy emphasise...
24 Feb 2016
Malaysia: Najib launches National Policy on Biological Diversity 2016-2025
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil shows need for socially aware research
In recent weeks, I attended two events that prompted me to start inspecting the labels of cosmetics, detergents and packaged foods in my house. I was looking for evidence of palm oil products, in resp...
21 Jun 2016
Palm oil shows need for socially aware research
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Policy & Finance
Indonesia loses flagship case against company accused of burning
Round two, industry. Four months after Indonesia’s Supreme Court ordered an oil palm grower to pay a record $26 million for cut-and-burning forest in Aceh, a different firm has been acquitted of a sim...
8 Jan 2016
Indonesia loses flagship case against company accused of burning
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Carbon & Climate
As Indonesian forests burn, new anti-fire agency feels heat
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smallholders
who use slash-and-burn practices to clear land cheaply. Peaty soil, found in many parts of Indonesia, is particularly flammable when dry, often causing fires to spread beyond their intend...
4 Apr 2016
As Indonesian forests burn, new anti-fire agency feels heat
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Food & Agriculture
What can nearly 12,000 ‘orphan crops’ do to address the nutrition gap?
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smallholders
." Can IP restrictions on the genetically modified crop varieties be avoided or managed to make them available and affordable to small-holders and local farming operations? Diran Makinde,...
14 Oct 2015
What can nearly 12,000 ‘orphan crops’ do to address the nutrition gap?
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Food & Agriculture
Can superfoods boost the planet’s health, too?
It can seem like new health food fads pop up every week — fads that often fade as quickly as they appear. Two gaining steam lately, though, may be worth a longer look: baobab and moringa. Traditional ...
30 May 2016
Can superfoods boost the planet’s health, too?
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Food & Agriculture
Time for fire solutions
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smallholders
. The laws that allow them to burn land must be reformed immediately. However we also need to recognise that enforcement here is less effective, as alternatives to fire for land developmen...
29 Sep 2015
Time for fire solutions
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Olam International
New agri-business alliance gets its sights on 2030 UN SDG targets
Thirty-six leading agri-business companies have today launched the Global Agri-business Alliance (GAA) in Singapore. Their aim is to collectively tackle the major environmental and social challenges f...
19 Sep 2016
New agri-business alliance gets its sights on 2030 UN SDG targets
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Food & Agriculture
Malaysia, Indonesia set up palm oil council
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. Najib said the council would be headed by a chief executive whose name would be unveiled at the official ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 15. On the government level, he said, Ministe...
12 Oct 2015
Malaysia, Indonesia set up palm oil council
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Food & Agriculture
Champions wage war on wasted food
Governments, businesses and citizens’ groups are joining forces to try to put some beef into efforts to cut food loss and waste in a world facing growing hunger. Almost a third of all food produced gl...
25 Jan 2016
Champions wage war on wasted food
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Carbon & Climate
Indonesia investigates 10 firms over smog-causing forest fires
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for the fires, but they have been criticised by green groups for not doing enough to stop the haze or the rampant deforestation and destruction of carbon-rich peatlands in Indonesia.
9 Sep 2015
Indonesia investigates 10 firms over smog-causing forest fires
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RSPO
Sabah aims for statewide certified sustainable palm oil: Global first
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and independent farmers who normally find it difficult to secure international standard certification. Sabah is now laying the groundwork to asses all possibilities, by bringing together...
29 May 2015
Sabah aims for statewide certified sustainable palm oil: Global first
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil giant IOI sues RSPO over suspension
Palm oil giant IOI Group is suing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) - an organisation it helped start - over its decision to suspend IOI's membership on allegations that its subsidiaries f...
10 May 2016
Palm oil giant IOI sues RSPO over suspension
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Food & Agriculture
Extending Indonesia’s forest moratorium is a win for business
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smallholders
’ yields. Protecting landscapes protects profits Preserving forest landscapes is critical for
smallholders
’ economic vitality. Healthy forests provide many ecosystem services, including th...
14 May 2015
Extending Indonesia’s forest moratorium is a win for business
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Food & Agriculture
Feeding the world's cities: a critical challenge for sustainable development
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smallholders
, along the whole supply and value chain. Crucial to this is drastically reducing food losses and waste, which are especially high in urban areas. This includes measures such as redistribu...
18 Jan 2016
Feeding the world's cities: a critical challenge for sustainable development
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CSR
FGV denies WSJ allegations of human rights abuses
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and plantation workers, without whom we would not be able to operate daily," it said.
28 Jul 2015
FGV denies WSJ allegations of human rights abuses
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Carbon & Climate
NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
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Smallholders
are also feeling the heat — some companies have blamed small palm oil developers for setting fires that have spread into concession areas. The bad news is fires and haze may get worse bef...
1 Oct 2015
NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
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Food & Agriculture
Collaboration crucial to food security in Southeast Asia
To ensure food security and nutrition in Southeast Asia amid a shrinking agricultural workforce, growing population and diminishing natural resources, businesses, governments and civil society need to...
9 Jul 2015
Collaboration crucial to food security in Southeast Asia
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Carbon & Climate
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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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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Food & Agriculture
Tech key to reducing Scope 3 palm oil emissions in Malaysia amid increasing regulation: industry watchers
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Beyond adapting to new regulations on sustainability and deforestation, the palm oil industry also needs to leverage technology …
Tech key to reducing Scope 3 palm oil emissions in Malaysia amid increasing regulation: industry watchers
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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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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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Carbon & Climate
Malaysia’s draft climate change bill seeks to establish emissions trading scheme
Emissions thresholds will be set for organisations, starting with hard-to-abate sectors or large emitters. The draft bill also …
Malaysia’s draft climate change bill seeks to establish emissions trading scheme
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