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Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers?
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- in many cases, helping them to replant," he noted. Sen, who also co-chairs the RSPO board, said Unilever is seeking to partner with governments in palm oil-producing nations, donor agen...
25 Feb 2015
Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Save our soils
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smallholders
, pastoralists, and indigenous people – has been affected by large-scale investment. The struggle to secure land rights for individuals and communities has thus become a matter of survival...
23 Apr 2015
Save our soils
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
New EU-Indonesia timber agreement will improve forest protection
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smallholders
would be unable to meet the costs of certification. There were often times when I too thought the challenge was too great. Yet, in the end, the criticism of the SVLK and the pessimism abo...
18 May 2016
New EU-Indonesia timber agreement will improve forest protection
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Food & Agriculture
How will we feed 10 billion people?
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smallholders
. Grow Asia is a partnership between the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) secretariat and World Economic Forum. Its mandate is to leverage the strengths of multinational corp...
16 Oct 2015
How will we feed 10 billion people?
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Food & Agriculture
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts
A new push to give farmers in developing countries better access to markets, led by the United Nations' food aid agency, could fall short of its goals if it does not prioritise helping poor farmers ad...
15 Feb 2016
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts
News /
Food & Agriculture
Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
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smallholders
, it's not the consumers, and that does in fact weaken the advocacy potential of the group," he said. "We're working on that right now." Adam Schwarz, president of Asia Group Advisors, sa...
4 May 2015
Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
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Food & Agriculture
How we can help
smallholders
feed the world
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smallholders
worldwide are an opportunity for companies to diversify their portfolio of suppliers and reduce their carbon footprint. This also creates opportunities for the
smallholders
, who can bette...
15 Jan 2015
How we can help smallholders feed the world
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Food & Agriculture
Rethink needed on farming’s impacts
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smallholders
− to think again about how to manage the future. Organic farms cover only 1 per cent of global agricultural land, but their produce is big business in Europe and America. Professor Regano...
9 Feb 2016
Rethink needed on farming’s impacts
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Food & Agriculture
Will Indonesia’s new palm oil subsidy undermine no-deforestation push?
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Smallholders
Union (SPKS), supports raising productivity but worries the money will actually be used to subsidize biodiesel in such a way as to drive further plantation expansion for corporate benefit...
2 Sep 2015
Will Indonesia’s new palm oil subsidy undermine no-deforestation push?
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Food & Agriculture
Golden Agri gets more transparent
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) on Thursday announced that all the palm oil it processes in Indonesia can now be traced back to the mill where it was produced, a move which the company says...
26 Feb 2016
Golden Agri gets more transparent
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Food & Agriculture
Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill
Burning season is in full swing in Indonesia. The annual haze caused by slash-and-burn forestry hasn't been as intense as in previous years, and neighbours Singapore and Malaysia haven't complained of...
14 Nov 2017
Development or destruction? An inside look at APP's mega paper mill
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Food & Agriculture
In pictures: Indonesia's forests, plantations, and people
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smallholders
, however, that have been blamed for the burning. For decades, palm oil, pulp and paper companies have been criticised for clearing forests to expand their plantations and sourcing raw mat...
18 Nov 2016
In pictures: Indonesia's forests, plantations, and people
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Food & Agriculture
Consumer goods giants under fire for poor palm oil record
Greenpeace International on Thursday released a new report slamming consumer goods giants such as Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson&Johnson, and PepsiCo for failing to cut deforestation out of their palm...
6 Mar 2016
Consumer goods giants under fire for poor palm oil record
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Olam International
Olam Livelihood Charter reaches milestone
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smallholders
224,352 farmers trained in Good Agricultural Practices, of whom 44,340 were women US$21.2 million quality premium paid · Over US$1.5 million social investments in community he...
27 Feb 2015
Olam Livelihood Charter reaches milestone
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesia to Europe: Pay for sustainable palm oil
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smallholders
in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
22 Mar 2016
Indonesia to Europe: Pay for sustainable palm oil
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Water
Bringing water back to Bundelkhand
The sight of water was startling. In a region wrung dry, the two-acre lake near Jignanda village in Bundelkhand still had a good eight feet standing. Glinting in the afternoon sun, it stirred hope in ...
5 May 2016
Bringing water back to Bundelkhand
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Food & Agriculture
POIG raises the bar for deforestation-free palm oil
The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), an international collective of palm oil growers and non-government organisations, on Thursday released new standards to verify that companies are producing the co...
14 Mar 2016
POIG raises the bar for deforestation-free palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
RSPO promises to defeat palm oil-linked deforestation
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Smallholders
have frequently been pinpointed as the one of the sources of illegal forest clearing and burning - a practice which is attributed to a lack of resources to clear land in a costlier but mo...
21 Nov 2014
RSPO promises to defeat palm oil-linked deforestation
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Food & Agriculture
Second largest palm oil producer in Indonesia commits to zero deforestation
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smallholders
, non-governmentaI organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders to drive positive change” before listing “No Deforestation,” “Conservation of Peatlands,” and “Respect for Human Rights” as t...
23 Sep 2015
Second largest palm oil producer in Indonesia commits to zero deforestation
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Food & Agriculture
Asian scientists grapple with how to foster crop pollination
Pollinators, whose role is essential in a third of what the world eats, are at center stage after a landmark new United Nations report warned that many of the 20,000 species are threatened by human be...
2 Mar 2016
Asian scientists grapple with how to foster crop pollination
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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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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
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
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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