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Food & Agriculture
Practising human rights due diligence in the palm oil industry
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Ruman Rights (UNGPs) defines HRDD as a process of identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for any human rights violations.
Policy & Finance
Spike in deforestation in Indonesian protected area linked to shadowy firms based in tax havens
Global demand for wood pellets and pulp is fuelling a resurgence in deforestation in Kalimantan, home to the Indigenous Dayak community and critically-endangered orangutans. The firm responsible has murky ties to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysian entities, NGOs claim.
Food & Agriculture
The skipped chapter of the sustainable palm oil story: Women smallholders
EB Studio
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?
To better understand human-wildlife clashes, it is important to know the motivations behind certain human behaviours, says Natasha Zulaikha, who is studying the impact of elephant raids on Malaysia's farms.
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10 January 2024
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Indonesia saw fivefold surge in fires in 2023 triggered by El Niño
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil watchdog adds new targets: climate emissions, small farms
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Food & Agriculture
CIMB sets science-based targets for palm oil sector
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Food & Agriculture
Deforestation risk think tank Chain Reaction Research winds down
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Food & Agriculture
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