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Carbon & Climate
UN report: land degradation now affects half the world’s population and economy
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smallholders
, who are paid annual incentives to plant and maintain trees. Since it began in 2009, it has involved nearly 1,000 subsistence farmers, and 20,000 trees have been planted, earning more tha...
4 May 2022
UN report: land degradation now affects half the world’s population and economy
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Food & Agriculture
Will China produce its own palm oil?
...
smallholders
can use simple oil pressing equipment designed for peanuts to produce crude palm oil. Zeng says that while China is not ready for large-scale oil palm planting, it can start with small-sc...
9 Feb 2022
Will China produce its own palm oil?
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Food & Agriculture
Food crisis 2022: the many rethinks needed to feed the world
First went wheat and corn, when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, resulting in beseiged ports and trade embargoes. The two countries exported a quarter of the world’s wheat and a sixth of the world’...
1 Jun 2022
Food crisis 2022: the many rethinks needed to feed the world
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Transport
Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’
The term “invasive alien species” refers to a species that human activities have enabled to move into a region outside its native habitat and that has established a self-sustaining population there, w...
15 Sep 2023
Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’
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Carbon & Climate
Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability
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smallholders
, since very few of them have been mapped despite accounting for 40 per cent of all palm oil production. “Despite the many challenges, I’m optimistic palm oil could be the first major defo...
2 Nov 2021
Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability
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Food & Agriculture
In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life
For years, Indian farmer Chape Hanumaiya struggled to grow anything on his tiny plot of land—it was caked in the thick, red dust drifting from the iron ore mines that surrounded it. But today, Hanumai...
22 Sep 2021
In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life
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Food & Agriculture
Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020
...
smallholders
. Although most refiners and traders have made commitments to eliminate NDPE risks from their supply chains, it is unrealistic to expect full NDPE compliance before 2025 or sooner, because...
23 Nov 2020
Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020
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Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition
Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD), China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University jointly announced the launch of the 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition, an agricultural technology competition with the ai...
10 Aug 2021
Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition
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Carbon & Climate
The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature
Nature was given prominence at the UN COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. It was the focus of the first major announcement at the world leaders’ summit which opened the talks, when more than 130 countries...
11 Jan 2022
The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature
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Food & Agriculture
Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber
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smallholders
To help
smallholders
make the transition to more sustainable natural rubber cultivation, which includes paying workers fair wages, clearing land without burning it, and using fewer chemi...
15 Apr 2020
Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber
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Carbon & Climate
Why India is neglecting its methane problem
Last month at COP26 in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to reduce global methane emissions by 30 per cent by the end of the decade, compared to 2020 levels. If implemented in full, scientists ...
3 Dec 2021
Why India is neglecting its methane problem
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Policy & Finance
Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm
smallholders
...
smallholders
is increasing faster than that of state-run and private plantation companies. A 2019 study by the Center for International Forestry (CIFOR) on
smallholders
in West and Central Kalimantan ...
29 Apr 2020
Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders
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Food & Agriculture
Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture
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smallholders
, however, often have low bargaining power because of gender norms and structural disadvantages such as lower literacy levels. In agriculture, this could limit women's ability to negotiate...
29 Dec 2020
Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
Lack of resolution mechanisms result to palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia
Indonesia has no effective mechanism for resolving its epidemic of land conflicts between rural communities and palm oil companies, according to a new study. Indonesia is the world’s top producer of p...
2 Dec 2021
Lack of resolution mechanisms result to palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia
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Food & Agriculture
‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa
Despite its low nutritional value, approximately 100 billion portions of instant noodles are eaten every year. But what if you could make this convenience food healthier, good for the planet and uplif...
5 Oct 2020
‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa
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Food & Agriculture
Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?
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smallholders
[who already have land] don’t have partners. So there’s no need to develop the 20 per cent plasma gardens — it’s enough for the companies to just partner with independent
smallholders
.” I...
14 May 2020
Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?
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Food & Agriculture
To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever
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smallholders
, better law enforcement against illegal plantations and reviews of existing permits, said Bayunanda. "We believe that the moratorium has been an important first step and that it should co...
12 Aug 2021
To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever
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Food & Agriculture
As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?
...
smallholders
have received little or no government aid to cope with the impact of coronavirus beyond electricity subsidies, noted Aida Greenbury, an advisor for palm oil farmers union Serikat Petani K...
27 Apr 2020
As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act
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smallholders
out of hunger and poverty, in practice it was a war on
smallholders
across the world, orchestrated over half a century by companies in Western Europe and the United States. Temasek’s choi...
11 Oct 2020
Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act
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Corporate Responsibility
WWF global media relations manager Lotika Mehta joins IKEA Foundation
World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Singapore-based global media relations manager Lotika Mehta is moving to a role with IKEA in Europe. She joins the Swedish homeware company's philanthropic arm, IKEA...
12 Oct 2020
WWF global media relations manager Lotika Mehta joins IKEA Foundation
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Waste Management
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing ‘donations’ from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Singapore-based circular clothing enterprise Cloop said it does not want to encourage dumping of cheap clothing that cannot …
Circular textiles startup refuses clothing 'donations' from ultra fast-fashion brand
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
New Singapore-based initiative aims to aggregate demand for high-integrity carbon credits and unlock financing for early-stage climate projects …
Singapore launches coalition to boost demand for high-integrity carbon credits
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Energy
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
As nuclear energy returns, the government, universities and companies are training the next generation of engineers to operate …
How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
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Corporate Responsibility
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
At a youth festival in Singapore, students and young eco-preneurs discussed the state of the green jobs market …
As sustainability retreats, Singapore youths face a green jobs reality check
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia’s TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
The world is spending only about US$200 billion a year on nature-based solutions, against an estimated US$700 billion …
Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia's TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital
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Energy
Coal-dependent Indonesia shows strongest public support for phasing out the fossil fuel
Despite being the region's largest coal producer and one of the world's biggest users of coal power, Indonesians …
Coal-dependent Indonesia shows strongest public support for phasing out the fossil fuel
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