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Man assists trucks carrying palm oil fruit

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Palm oil watchdog urged to take 'giant leap' to save forests

...smallholders. While many RSPO members are pushing for tougher standards, some industry officials warn this could exclude palm companies that have yet to join, especially smaller growers who cannot aff...

27 Aug 2018

Palm oil watchdog urged to take 'giant leap' to save forests

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2017

Agriculture, forestry and other land use activities emit more than 10 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, based on a study by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). As the world’s...

27 Dec 2017

The top 5 food and agriculture stories in 2017

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque

...smallholders, and that the government wanted to give them an opportunity to comply before releasing any data. “We’re fixing that, step by step,” Luhut said as quoted by CNN Indonesia. “In the future, ...

22 May 2019

Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

How will Southeast Asia feed its people in 2030?

According to the World Food Programme, 795 million people -- one in nine -- go to bed on an empty stomach each night. Even more - one in three - suffer from some form of malnutrition. Some 60.5 millio...

17 May 2017

How will Southeast Asia feed its people in 2030?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Stop "boring" language to spur climate action, U.N. environment chief says

People are hungry for news about the risks of climate change but experts are alienating them with boring, technical jargon, the United Nations top environment official said on Tuesday. Erik Solheim, e...

20 Dec 2017

Stop "boring" language to spur climate action, U.N. environment chief says

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indonesian smallholder farmers to receive funding boost for irrigation

Up to 24 million smallholder farmers in Indonesia stand to benefit from a large-scale financing scheme that seeks to boost rural livelihoods by providing more reliable access to water. Known as the In...

23 Feb 2017

Indonesian smallholder farmers to receive funding boost for irrigation

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms

...smallholders have compelled the regions forest-farmers to abandon damar agroforestry over the past decade. Krui is located in Lampung province, bounded by the Indian Ocean and Bukit Barisan Selatan Na...

24 Oct 2017

Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

At the Global Landscapes Forum’s third investment case symposium, held at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, top investors, business leaders, an...

5 Jun 2018

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Zero-deforestation pledges held back by challenges

...smallholders in these initiatives by covering the added costs of compliance. More broadly, officials can ensure public support of these private initiatives by passing “supportive” laws that are in lin...

2 Feb 2018

Zero-deforestation pledges held back by challenges

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

How will humanity feed itself by 2050?

The food industry today faces a daunting task: feeding 10 billion mouths in a fair and sustainable way by 2050. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, food supply must more...

30 Jul 2018

How will humanity feed itself by 2050?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

3 ways to jumpstart sustainable business in the Philippines

If the Philippines is to realise its full economic potential and improve the lives of its citizens, sustainability advocates must stop working on single issues in isolation and band together to achiev...

27 Sep 2017

3 ways to jumpstart sustainable business in the Philippines

Pendapat / CSR

The BlackRock letter: A turning point for real change?

Although greenwashing is far too common, recently there have been two powerful “green shots,” which show that business is finally taking sustainability a lot more seriously. These are, in our opinion ...

12 Feb 2018

The BlackRock letter: A turning point for real change?

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Putting nutrition back on the menu

Human nutrition is of increasing importance to science. Of course, centuries of scientific research have been devoted to ensuring that enough food is produced for growing populations. But with obesity...

8 Feb 2018

Putting nutrition back on the menu

Farmer under agricultural training in Thailand

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication

Technology has the potential to raise crop yields, cut fertiliser use, improve farming efficiency and, by its nature, make the world’s oldest and least digitised industry more sustainable. But without...

14 Jul 2017

Lessons from GM crops: Agritech will not take root without better communication

The Bo-Kaap neighborhood of Cape Town by David Stanley

Pendapat / Air

Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure

With rapidly dwindling water supplies, Cape Town is making headlines as a city in the throes of a crisis. Residents, already experiencing impacts on their businesses and lives, are bracing for the wor...

26 Feb 2018

Water crises are hitting our economies: Time to hit back with natural infrastructure

preecha smallholder oil palm farmer in Thailand

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

...smallholders who are involved in this case of land conflict in a protected area. Pru Kaching was declared a National Reserve Forest in 1965, under the control of Thailand’s Royal Forest Department. Th...

27 Mar 2017

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Food security's social network

In 2015, when the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were officially adopted, the clock began ticking on an ambitious goal: ending global hunger by 2030. At the time, that target seemed achi...

21 Mar 2018

Food security's social network

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil

...smallholders are the latest victims of the push into the relatively pristine forests of Central Sulawesi—and the island of Sulawesi in general—by a palm oil industry that has largely depleted the fore...

6 Jun 2018

Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns

A new United Nations report warns that a third of the planet’s land is now severely degraded thanks to a doubling in the consumption of natural resources over the past 30 years. Some 15 billion trees ...

13 Sep 2017

Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

What is sustainable palm oil?

...smallholders improve their yields and incomes, as well as to help them access new markets. To help smallholders access the certification without the costs, RSPO puts 10 per cent of the profits from CS...

23 Mar 2017

What is sustainable palm oil?

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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 …
Berita / Bandar-bandar

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 …
Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Inside Singapore’s fish port, where experts say traceability gaps risk endangered species

Without traceability in the fisheries supply chain into Singapore, the catch traded at Jurong Fishery Port cannot be …
Pendapat / Tenaga

Can Moscow and Seoul help Vietnam achieve its nuclear energy ambitions?

Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges.
Berita / Tenaga

Nomura Real Estate launches 550-site solar project as Japan shifts towards company-backed renewable power

New solar network to supply about 40 per cent of Nomura’s electricity use, highlighting Japan’s move away from …

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