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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
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
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
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
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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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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?
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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
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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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Food & Agriculture
Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns
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smallholders
achieve no deforestation by 2020, Ware added. The new RSPO rules run the risk of alienating smaller-scale palm oil producers, many of whom are already struggling to meet the old standards...
27 Nov 2018
Buy green palm oil or forests will suffer, industry warns
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Policy & Finance
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
On a bustling street near the shiny new international airport in Ethiopia's capital is a small coffee roastery with big dreams. Nearly 40 Ethiopians—a third of them women—sift, roast and package prize...
21 Feb 2019
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
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Green Buildings
Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry
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smallholders
and policymakers. Speaking at a conference of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Paola Agostini of the World Bank summarised the problem: “I am convinced about bamboo, but we st...
18 Feb 2019
Bamboo: Nature’s forgotten solution for green industry
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Food & Agriculture
Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?
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smallholders
. What options will a boycott leave them with? They can’t grow anything else, because of the density of palm oil cultivation. Their other option is either to burn that palm oil off, or mov...
5 Nov 2018
Why is it so hard to sell sustainable palm oil?
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Food & Agriculture
Cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought - study
Cash handouts are the best way to support smallholder farmers struggling due to drought, but for farmers experiencing wetter weather, agricultural inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides help most, ...
29 Nov 2017
Cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought - study
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Carbon & Climate
Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions
For nearly a decade now, Vietnam has made “payment for forest ecosystem services” its key strategy for protecting forests and improving the lives of poor rural communities. Now, it plans to use the sa...
13 Mar 2020
Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritises trees and people, but not emissions
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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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Carbon & Climate
Temasek cannot meet 2030 emissions targets, dragged by aviation, energy sectors: CEO
The fund maintained its goal of reaching net zero by 2050 but cited volatile global markets and higher …
Temasek cannot meet 2030 emissions targets, dragged by aviation, energy sectors: CEO
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