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Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
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smallholders
’ share of the country’s palm plantations, which stands at about 40 per cent of the 120,000 square kilometres of planted palm estates, according to government data. But there’s a high degr...
22 Feb 2019
Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
Opinion /
Lifestyle
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
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smallholders
, especially in the Pacific region, simply do not use agrochemicals. It’s also more likely to be grown in heavily rainforested areas, with almost zero water footprint. “ With a bit of att...
2 Apr 2018
Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time
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Carbon & Climate
24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
From sustainable landscape restoration that mitigates climate change, to tenure security and innovative financing tools, to climate-smart lifestyle changes, the agenda is wide and deep for an upcoming...
3 May 2019
24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
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Food & Agriculture
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday. From s...
26 Feb 2019
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
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Water
Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day - sometimes going out in the middle of the night - from a hand pump about half a kilometre from her house in India's Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her b...
20 Mar 2019
Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
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Food & Agriculture
Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture
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smallholders
, pigs represent their livelihoods, says Ohlsson. "They’re used to pay dowries, for financial security. They're incredibly valuable and well taken care of, but that value is reflected by t...
10 May 2019
Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
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smallholders
to complete the certification process. “The clock has already started ticking for us in 2018,” says Webber. “It will take a few years to completely roll out since there are millions of sm...
7 Mar 2018
What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil
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Food & Agriculture
The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?
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smallholders
can be more productive, as long as that doesn’t create a massive incentive to open up even more forest, they can be part of the solution. A rubber plantation in Bintan, Indonesia. Image:...
21 May 2019
The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?
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Food & Agriculture
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
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smallholders
with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land each. The majority of farmers in the region face an uphill battle to access credit, leaving them unable to modernise, boost yields, diversify i...
12 Oct 2018
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
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Policy & Finance
A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road
A biodiverse patch of forest in Sumatra threatened by encroaching oil palm plantations and illegal logging could soon be carved up by a road for coal trucks. The Harapan forest spans 769 square kilome...
29 May 2019
A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road
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Policy & Finance
EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out
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smallholders
who produce palm oil in a sustainable way, Eickhout said. By incentivizing these producers, he said, “we can promote the sustainable versions.” Eickhout said the nuances of the policy wer...
15 Oct 2019
EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife
On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.” By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries—including China and the Un...
9 Jul 2018
How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife
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Food & Agriculture
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
When we pick up a piece of fruit, bar of chocolate or package of flour, we don’t often think of the massive amounts of agricultural waste — the stems, leaves, seed pods and more — that never make it o...
15 May 2019
Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more
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Food & Agriculture
Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?
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smallholders
, who produce about 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil but often do not have access to good quality seeds, fertiliser and knowledge about better agricultural practices, shares Neville. Sh...
1 Aug 2018
Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
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Smallholders
will have better knowledge of what and when to produce, and whom to deliver to. They can then market their produce to consumers with greater confidence, and consumers will know well ahead...
3 Apr 2018
How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
Climate action must not leave human rights behind
Seventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the world emerged from one of its darkest times. This led the international community to send a clear message to future generations: “Never again!” Thro...
13 Dec 2018
Climate action must not leave human rights behind
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?
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smallholders
and rolling out new technologies to several millions of farmers is very costly,” says Suwarganada. Another promising attempt to produce oil palm in a sustainable way comes from Colombia, ...
17 Feb 2019
Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?
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Carbon & Climate
What does battling climate change look like?
Global agri-business Olam International and Eco-Business have launched Re-imagining a Brighter Future, a global competition looking for inspiring photographs that show how people are fighting or adapt...
1 Aug 2018
What does battling climate change look like?
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Policy & Finance
Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change
Forestry has become an increasingly important issue in South Asia, with the new Pakistani government touting the success of its “billion tree tsunami” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a model for a “ten billi...
13 Dec 2018
Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change
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Olam
Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced
Singapore, June 6, 2019 – A unique mapping approach that will give smallholder farmers a ‘best fit’ for what to grow, where and how, has been awarded the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovati...
11 Jun 2019
Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced
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Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn
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At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could …
Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn
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Food & Agriculture
India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb
India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis.
India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb
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Energy
Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy
The Singapore firm has said it would buy the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned firm, but there are no …
Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy
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Policy & Finance
Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed as Malaysia’s new environment minister
He takes the helm of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ministry following a Cabinet reshuffle, succeeding acting …
Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed as Malaysia’s new environment minister
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Energy
TotalEnergies to power Google’s Malaysia data centres with 1TWh of solar energy
Google will also buy renewable energy for its Malaysian data centres from another solar project in the northern …
TotalEnergies to power Google’s Malaysia data centres with 1TWh of solar energy
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Carbon & Climate
Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s green startup landscape, report finds
New mapping of climate firms shows region rich in solutions but constrained by grids, finance and coordination.
Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s green startup landscape, report finds
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