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Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

RSPO vows probe into members tied to fires

Police in Sumatra’s Riau province now have nine people in custody for setting forest fires that have blanketed the region and neighboring countries in haze, an official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ron...

27 Jun 2013

RSPO vows probe into members tied to fires

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

RSPO certification for smallholders

...smallholders in key markets such as Indonesia, Thailand and West Africa. The RSPO had also set aside 300,000 euros to encourage smallholders to certify their plantations, said RSPO secretary-general D...

22 Jun 2012

RSPO certification for smallholders

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Farmers seek new income from Fairtrade carbon credits

...smallholders to access the carbon market and receive much-needed finance to mitigate and adapt to climate change, the organisations said. Click here to read the full story.

11 Jan 2013

Farmers seek new income from Fairtrade carbon credits

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Getting our act together: Sustainability in the Malaysian palm oil industry

...smallholders, such as improved working conditions and a better way of life: Image: Solidaridad It is therefore essential that we make the right decision: that is, forego the misperception that respon...

14 Mar 2014

Getting our act together: Sustainability in the Malaysian palm oil industry

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Keresa Plantations grows on RSPO practices, smallholder co-operatives

...smallholders, Kumaran said, “Currently, Keresa Plantations has formed Keresa Smallholders Group Scheme (KSGS). In the master plan, we have planned to attract all smallholders that sending FFB to KMSB ...

3 May 2012

Keresa Plantations grows on RSPO practices, smallholder co-operatives

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots

...smallholders’, as has also been observed by the World Agroforestry Centre. Clearly, we don’t have the full picture of these investment trends – who is behind them, to what extent the investments are l...

23 Sep 2013

Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Haze hits hazardous levels, Singapore and Indonesia at war of words

The haze in Singapore reached hazardous levels on Thursday afternoon, with the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hitting a new record of 371 at 1pm. Visibility was poor in most parts of the island and t...

20 Jun 2013

Haze hits hazardous levels, Singapore and Indonesia at war of words

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Feeding the world with a mix of science and tradition

The biotech industry has long sought legitimacy by claiming that its genetically modified crop technologies are “feeding the world”. However this relentless focus on increasing food production ignores...

11 Jul 2013

Feeding the world with a mix of science and tradition

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Slash-and-burn a way of life on Indonesia's Sumatra

...smallholders suggests that blame is widely spread, even if big companies often buy the palm oil fruit produced on the smaller, private farms. Small farmers clearing their own land, people paid to quie...

5 Jul 2013

Slash-and-burn a way of life on Indonesia's Sumatra

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Learning from African farmers: How “re-greening” boosts food security; curbs climate change

President Obama is in Africa this week to discuss development, investment, health, and, notably, food security. The trip comes on the heels of the president’s groundbreaking announcement of a U.S. Cli...

19 Jul 2013

Learning from African farmers: How “re-greening” boosts food security; curbs climate change

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Green activists sound warning on foreign investments in oil palm estates

Environmental activists have responded with alarm to new data showing Indonesia has the third-biggest area of land in the world given over to foreign control since 2000, warning of dire implications t...

17 Jun 2013

Green activists sound warning on foreign investments in oil palm estates

Berita / Tenaga

Biomass a benefit to rural Cambodia

...smallholders to take advantage of growing biofuel markets.”

25 Sep 2012

Biomass a benefit to rural Cambodia

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World Water Day 2012: Water and food security, two sides of the same coin

The following statement was released by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for World Water Day 2012. There are many compelling facts and figures about the outlook for food se...

22 Mar 2012

World Water Day 2012: Water and food security, two sides of the same coin

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Food security must be on the table at Rio+20: Joint opinion article by the heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity

They struggle to make crops grow in the parched earth. They watch in despair as their seedlings and livestock are washed away by flash floods. They stand quietly in the markets and watch others buy fo...

21 Jun 2012

Food security must be on the table at Rio+20: Joint opinion article by the heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Cambodia’s largest MFI boosts green farming loans

Cambodian microfinance institution PRASAC says it is bolstering its green credentials by increasing loans for eco-friendly farming methods in the kingdom. Speaking at the the Asia-Pacific Rural and Ag...

1 Jun 2012

Cambodia’s largest MFI boosts green farming loans

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Researchers, farmers and policy makers to collaborate on “massive” climate adaptation challenge for South Asia

Today, recognizing the knowledge gap between the existing evidence of climate change and adaptation on the ground, researchers in Asia launched a novel learning platform to improve agricultural resili...

24 Apr 2012

Researchers, farmers and policy makers to collaborate on “massive” climate adaptation challenge for South Asia

Press Releases / Eco-Business

West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off

An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners as little as US$0.65 per hectare for their forestland, the Environmental Investigation Agency (...

17 May 2012

West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Cocoa growers target global market

Viet Nam hopes to become a major supplier of cocoa beans in the world market, with production of 50,000 tonnes of fermented beans by 2020. It plans to have 50,000ha under cocoa cultivation, of which 4...

18 Jun 2012

Cocoa growers target global market

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

The secrets of palm oil: a Q & A with food expert Kurt Berger

Palm oil is a widely-used commodity across the globe, especially in Asia Pacific. Major producers of palm oil include Malaysia and Indonesia, where a range of businesses from smallholder farmers to bi...

26 Feb 2013

The secrets of palm oil: a Q & A with food expert Kurt Berger

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

UNEP, IFAD launch joint policy on sustainable agriculture

...smallholders. IFAD and UNEP argue that focusing aid and investment on the 500 million smallholdings interspersed throughout developing countries will address poverty and natural resource issues at ...

3 Jun 2011

UNEP, IFAD launch joint policy on sustainable agriculture

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Musim Mas stalwart Carolyn Lim joins palm oil rival Golden Agri-Resources

Lim has joined GAR to lead sustainability operations. Rob Nicholls has also left Musim Mas after several years …
Berita / Tenaga

Renewables shift needed as Iran war exposes Asia’s fragile energy market: experts

As oil and gas firms reap windfall profits from wartime price spikes, regional climate advocates urge governments to …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Eight global climate tech start-ups to vie for S$4M in funding at The Liveability Challenge 2026

Ideas to keep cities cool and slash emissions were shortlisted in a record-breaking year for entries.
Berita / Tenaga

Global energy crisis reinforces Indonesia’s 100 GW solar push, but hurdles persist

On recent trips abroad, Indonesian president Prabowo touted ambitious renewable energy plans in pursuit of energy security. Analysts …
Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan

Iran war rips through Asia’s plastics market, boosting demand for recycled resin

A "huge" increase in demand for recycled plastic as virgin prices spike is complicated by stock availability, rising …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

Singapore SMEs are struggling with sustainability, but for some it’s a competitive edge

Rising costs, consumer apathy and slowing climate action are holding Singapore’s SMEs back on sustainability – but for …

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