In Indonesia, a flawed certification scheme lets illegal loggers raze away
The seizure of more than 400 containers of illegally logged timber in a series of busts since last December has shone a spotlight on Indonesia’s mechanism for certifying legal timber.Mongabay, 16 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, Illegal logging
Manufacturing Consent: How Palm Oil Companies Evict
This film by Indonesia Nature Film Society (INFIS) compiles evidence and testimonies of the Dayak tribe from Muara Tae in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, where a palm oil company is grabbing their indigenous land. Members of the clan described evictions without compensation which was organised by PT Borneo Surya Mining Jaya (PT Borneo).Engage Media , 15 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia
Four development projects receive 37 million euros funding
The funding will further help in financing the joint collaboration project on "Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains in Indonesia" to recognize alternative sources of income to timber and palm oil for smallholders that are both domestically and internationally profitable and that can avert further deforestation in Indonesia.Antara News , 15 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, deforestation
Species extinction, climate change research gets radical, and replanting a 2 million tree rainforest
A recent paper published in Ecology and Evolution found that second generation oil palm plantations support 20 percent less diversity of invertebrates and 59 percent fewer animals than the first. Oil palm plantations have a profitable lifespan of only 25 years and the paper’s authors conclude that ‘long-term production of palm oil comes at a higher cost than previously thought’.Forest News , 14 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia
M’sia to continue working with Indonesia to defend palm oil
Malaysia will continue to work with Indonesia to defend palm oil which is under sabotage by lobbyists in Europe, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Darell Leiking.The Star , 14 May 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU ban
New NGO report highlights APP's continued involvement in deforestation despite its zero deforestation commitment
A group of NGOs under the Anti Forest Mafia Coalition, including WWF-Indonesia, has published a joint report highlighting that Sinar Mas Group’s Asia Pulp & Paper (SMG/APP) continues to be involved in deforestation, peatland destruction and fires even after committing to zero deforestation in 2013.WWF, 14 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, deforestation
Indonesia is not serious about resolving human rights violations in palm oil plantations
Human rights violations are all too common in the palm oil sector, from approproating local communities' land to unfair working conditions, child labour, violence, rape and other crimes.Environmental Investigation Agency , 13 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, labour
Fight EU Ban and Critism, Indonesia to Establish Palm Oil Map
Indonesia to establish palm oil one map, to harmonize land data and to respond public criticism. The map is expected to be completed in August, said government official last week.The Insider Stories , 13 May 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, indonesia
Jakarta Globe reports: EU Visit to Oil Palm Plantation in Riau Eases Tensions
Eight EU representatives from Belgium, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and a representative from the Food and Agriculture Organization, visited an Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil-certified oil palm plantation in Riau on Thursday.Jakarta Globe , 13 May 2019
Europe, Indonesia, Palm Oil, EU
Most Borneo villages don’t see oil-palm payoff
A new study analyzing living standards in over 5,000 villages in Indonesian Borneo finds that oil palm plantations can have good and bad impacts on villages, but those with intact forests suffer most.Asia Times , 11 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia
RSPO Facilitates Knowledge Exchange for Smallholders in Kalimantan
It involved 19 participants from Sabah, including smallholders from the Malaysian state, as well as staff members of Forever Sabah; the organisation facilitating the RSPO Jurisdictional Certification pilot in Sabah.RSPO, 10 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia
Taking a Stand for Palm Oil Workers. Indonesia has many palm oil workers' unions, but none of them has been interested in palm oil diplomacy
Jakarta Globe, 08 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, labour
What we learned from two years of investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia
The now-concluded investigative series “Indonesia for Sale” examined the corruption underpinning Indonesia’s land rights and climate crisis in unparalleled depth.Mongabay, 08 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia
Indonesia blames planters for raging wildfires and horrible air quality
Almost 900,000 Indonesians suffered from an acute respiratory infection this year as noxious smoke and ash from forest fires blanketed central and western parts of the archipelago.Free Malaysia Today, 21 April 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Ban impacts poor farmers
Most affected: Oil palm smallholders worldwide who plant the crop as a route out of poverty will be hit by British supermarket chain Iceland Foods’ move to ban palm oil products from its own-brand range.The Star, 02 January 2019
United Kingdom, Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia, Nigeria, Palm Oil, eu palm oil ban, Smallholder
Developing Palm Oil Plantations in Kalimantan is Different from it in Papua
Developing Palm Oil Plantations in Kalimantan is Different from it in Papua.Palm Oil Magazine, 02 January 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil,