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Are oil palm plantations exposing endangered wildlife to rodent poison?

...smallholders to understand the potential harm to non-target wildlife, Salim said. One alternative method is to only place bait when damage to fruit is above 5 per cent, as part of integrated pest mana...

14 Jul 2022

Are oil palm plantations exposing endangered wildlife to rodent poison?

The spike in plastics waste during the pandemic is worsening marine pollution.

Opinion / Water

The world is making the Mekong its dump

Countries along the Mekong River have become the world’s dumping ground for waste. Rubbish is finding its way into the water — killing marine animals and clogging up animals with plastic that are late...

23 Sep 2022

The world is making the Mekong its dump

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

The corporate capture of the UN Food Summit

When I visited my parents in Bogotá last month, I witnessed how people in their neighbourhood went up and down the streets begging for help to survive. Since the end of April, Colombia has experience...

27 Sep 2021

The corporate capture of the UN Food Summit

News / Carbon & Climate

Forest conservation best left to private sector? Rare glimpse into Wilmar protected area sparks discussion among scientists

...smallholders, as well as a river managed by the Department of Drainage and Irrigation, George said. The degazettement has raised the question among the scientific community as to whether forests are b...

19 Oct 2022

Forest conservation best left to private sector? Rare glimpse into Wilmar protected area sparks discussion among scientists

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Climate leadership needs more women

“The higher you go; the fewer women there are.” This observation by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and environmental trailblazer Wangari Maathai, reflects a reality familiar to all women who have asp...

3 May 2022

Climate leadership needs more women

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change drives down yields and nutrition of Indian crops

Rashpinder Singh, 36, is a farmer who owns 17 acres (almost seven hectares) of land in the state of Punjab. He took up the profession of his forefathers after completing his MTech degree. “I feel conn...

15 Jul 2022

Climate change drives down yields and nutrition of Indian crops

News / Policy & Finance

Conferences highlight forests as a vital solution to converging crises

A series of recent high-level international conferences have brought record numbers of forestry experts and delegates together, calling for forests to be put at the centre of conversations on the worl...

12 Jul 2022

Conferences highlight forests as a vital solution to converging crises

News / Carbon & Climate

Can only western buyers afford sustainable palm oil?

...smallholders and the premium and levels of demand are uncertain.” The challenge for small-scale farmers Small-scale farmers are in a particularly difficult position. According to the report, smallhold...

1 Jun 2021

Can only western buyers afford sustainable palm oil?

News / Policy & Finance

Cloud technology could be the most disruptive digital tool for empowering ASEAN's vulnerable communities

...smallholders to tap into the e-commerce market using cloud-powered apps as the country’s growing middle class opts for online shopping over the traditional open-air ‘wet’ market, Purnama Adil Marata, ...

22 Mar 2021

Cloud technology could be the most disruptive digital tool for empowering ASEAN's vulnerable communities

Olivier Tichit, director, sustainable supply chain, Musim Mas

News / Food & Agriculture

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

...Smallholders Hub training session. Image: Musim Mas To scale up our outreach, we developed the Smallholders Hub approach, working with the local government on how to train smallholders in their distr...

1 Dec 2020

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

Workers on an RSPO-certified plantation in Jambi, Indonesia.

News / Policy & Finance

Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?

...smallholders, or take a “landscape” approach, covering all commodities grown within a particular area. Companies across the palm oil supply chain are also making independent efforts to better map thei...

25 Feb 2021

Certification fails to transform the palm oil industry–what next?

News / Food & Agriculture

Plant-based Bambara milk could launch in Singapore in Q2 of 2021

...smallholders. NamZ currently obtains its Bambara groundnut from two villages in Ghana, West Africa, each with a population of 100 to 200 people. It wants to expand its outreach to 2,000 farmers in Afr...

13 Jan 2021

Plant-based Bambara milk could launch in Singapore in Q2 of 2021

Press Releases / CDP

CDP launches world’s first disclosure framework for banks integrating climate and forest impact

...smallholders. Despite their significance in palm oil and rubber production, a lack of access to credit for smallholder producers is driving behaviours that result in forest loss and increased emission...

25 Feb 2021

CDP launches world’s first disclosure framework for banks integrating climate and forest impact

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia's palm oil export ban met with condemnation and praise

...smallholders can have a bigger say in determining prices that are currently dominated by big companies. “This move needs to be done so that the state doesn’t always lose from a small number of busines...

27 Apr 2022

Indonesia's palm oil export ban met with condemnation and praise

News / Food & Agriculture

Will the UN food systems summit bring change?

...smallholders, indigenous peoples, youth and women have all been involved in the summit action tracks, generating a greater share of ideas for improving food systems than private sector participants. T...

21 Sep 2021

Will the UN food systems summit bring change?

News / Carbon & Climate

Decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

...smallholders in getting certified under sustainability schemes such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the government’s Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) program, Rudi said. “Th...

4 Jan 2022

Decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

News / Policy & Finance

Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?

...smallholders. Smallholders are a major aspect of forestry in Vietnam, as they control at least half of the country’s planted forest area, and in rural areas such as the mountains outside Hue, plantati...

24 May 2021

Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

India needs a fast—and just—transition to meat alternatives

In the HBO documentary the “Weight of the Nation” it was noted that if you go with the flow and eat a typical diet in the United States, you will eventually become obese. As a medical doctor, and a ve...

22 Apr 2022

India needs a fast—and just—transition to meat alternatives

News / Food & Agriculture

Half of rubber trade agrees to new policies to cut deforestation, human rights abuses from supply chains

...smallholders do not bear the burden of switching to sustainable practices. The higher cost of sustainable production has slowed the adoption of better practices in other sectors such as palm oil. Clea...

23 Sep 2020

Half of rubber trade agrees to new policies to cut deforestation, human rights abuses from supply chains

News / Corporate Responsibility

‘Mind-boggling’ that female garment makers are not paid a living wage: SukkhaCitta co-founder and CSO Bertram Flesch

Every day, the average consumer is bombarded with marketing and advertising that pushes the newest trends. Statistics point to how apparel sales have risen in recent years, in response to drastically ...

12 May 2023

‘Mind-boggling’ that female garment makers are not paid a living wage: SukkhaCitta co-founder and CSO Bertram Flesch

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