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Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

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

workers in oil palm plantation in Malaysia

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Malaysian smallholders accuse EU of discrimination on palm oil ban

...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

Loose palm oil fruit on the estate of PT AMNL, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Europe's palm oil ban has no basis, says Sinar Mas boss Franky Widjaja

...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

46 year-old former bank manager and mother of two Pornsiri Raknukul now runs her own RSPO-certified palm oil plantation in Southern Thailand. Image: RSPO

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

What does sustainable palm oil mean to smallholders?

...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?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

...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

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time

...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

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

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

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

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

Berita / Air

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

An Australian wheat field, by James Edwards/Wheat Initiative, CC BY-SA 2.0

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

...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

deforestation imports impact Indonesia's forests

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

...smallholders can be more productive, as long as that doesn’t create a massive incentive to open up even more forest, they can be part of the solution. A rubber plantation in Bintan, Indonesia. Image:...

21 May 2019

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

...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

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

...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

Palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

...smallholders who produce palm oil in a sustainable way, Eickhout said. By incentivizing these producers, he said, “we can promote the sustainable versions.” Eickhout said the nuances of the policy wer...

15 Oct 2019

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

A biodiverse patch of forest in Sumatra threatened by encroaching oil palm plantations and illegal logging could soon be carved up by a road for coal trucks. The Harapan forest spans 769 square kilome...

29 May 2019

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife

On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.” By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries—including China and the Un...

9 Jul 2018

How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more

When we pick up a piece of fruit, bar of chocolate or package of flour, we don’t often think of the massive amounts of agricultural waste — the stems, leaves, seed pods and more — that never make it o...

15 May 2019

Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

...smallholders, who produce about 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil but often do not have access to good quality seeds, fertiliser and knowledge about better agricultural practices, shares Neville. Sh...

1 Aug 2018

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

...Smallholders will have better knowledge of what and when to produce, and whom to deliver to. They can then market their produce to consumers with greater confidence, and consumers will know well ahead...

3 Apr 2018

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

Children in Laos get free school lunches in government and World Bank programme

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Climate action must not leave human rights behind

Seventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the world emerged from one of its darkest times. This led the international community to send a clear message to future generations: “Never again!” Thro...

13 Dec 2018

Climate action must not leave human rights behind

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Inside China’s solar villages

For a decade, solar power has been bringing opportunities to China’s villages. What does that mean today?
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Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025

Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in …
Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan

Chile’s Julio Cordano elected chair of UN plastic pollution treaty talks

The position had been vacant for four months amid a deadlock in negotiations for the treaty to curb …
Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan

Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led …
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Thirsty tech: Why chips and data centres are a growing water risk for investors

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published a new case study examining the financial risks that …
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Taiwan delays 20 per cent renewables target beyond 2026 as tighter solar rules slow rollout

The government shifts focus to rooftop solar and offshore wind, says power supply will remain stable despite regulatory …

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