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Biodiversity conservation in the palm oil industry

Traditional agri-cultural producers are making greater efforts in conservation and sustainability.

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Women working on a palm oil plantation in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

News / Food & Agriculture

The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders

Women make up a large but undervalued part of the palm oil industry. How can the "backbone" of Indonesia's palm oil trade be included in the sustainability conversation?
A village along the Tamiang river was flooded in 2007, affecting 200,000 people

News / Food & Agriculture

Could a landscape approach help palm oil farmers adapt to EU rules and protect forests?

EB Studio Palm oil smallholder farmers, often blamed for deforestation in Indonesia, are at the heart of a jurisdictional approach to conservation that could save the world-famous Leuser rainforest in Aceh.
palm oil farm

News / Food & Agriculture

Musim Mas: Local champions needed to spark sustainable farming

EB Studio On a panel to tackle deforestation, the palm oil company's director of sustainability said that good role models on the ground can help spread good farming practices.
An Indonesian smallholder farmer

News / Food & Agriculture

Can regenerative agriculture reduce the environmental harm of palm oil production?

EB Studio A new kind of agriculture that addresses the double-edge sword of soil degradation and climate change could replace chemically-intensive monoculture oil palm plantations. But can independent smallholder farmers be convinced to adopt regenerative techniques at scale? A coalition of actors including Danone, L'Oréal, Mars, Musim Mas and SNV is exploring the concept in North Sumatra.

All Biodiversity conservation in the palm oil industry

1 March 2022

aerial footage of palm oil and forest

Food & Agriculture

Musim Mas is taking a good hard look at its conservation efforts

22 July 2021

Musim Mas and IFC have engaged smallholder farmers in sustainable cultivation practices.

Food & Agriculture

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

18 June 2021

A smallholder palm oil farmer in Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

Incentivising sustainability: Training smallholders to grow sustainable palm oil

1 December 2020

Olivier Tichit, director, sustainable supply chain, Musim Mas

Food & Agriculture

The missing link in palm oil sustainability is trust: Musim Mas supply chain chief Olivier Tichit

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