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What can nearly 12,000 ‘orphan crops’ do to address the nutrition gap?
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smallholders
." Can IP restrictions on the genetically modified crop varieties be avoided or managed to make them available and affordable to small-holders and local farming operations? Diran Makinde,...
14 Oct 2015
What can nearly 12,000 ‘orphan crops’ do to address the nutrition gap?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Time for fire solutions
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smallholders
. The laws that allow them to burn land must be reformed immediately. However we also need to recognise that enforcement here is less effective, as alternatives to fire for land developmen...
29 Sep 2015
Time for fire solutions
Press Releases /
Olam International
New agri-business alliance gets its sights on 2030 UN SDG targets
Thirty-six leading agri-business companies have today launched the Global Agri-business Alliance (GAA) in Singapore. Their aim is to collectively tackle the major environmental and social challenges f...
19 Sep 2016
New agri-business alliance gets its sights on 2030 UN SDG targets
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Food & Agriculture
Champions wage war on wasted food
Governments, businesses and citizens’ groups are joining forces to try to put some beef into efforts to cut food loss and waste in a world facing growing hunger. Almost a third of all food produced gl...
25 Jan 2016
Champions wage war on wasted food
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Food & Agriculture
Malaysia, Indonesia set up palm oil council
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smallholders
. Najib said the council would be headed by a chief executive whose name would be unveiled at the official ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 15. On the government level, he said, Ministe...
12 Oct 2015
Malaysia, Indonesia set up palm oil council
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Carbon & Climate
Indonesia investigates 10 firms over smog-causing forest fires
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smallholders
for the fires, but they have been criticised by green groups for not doing enough to stop the haze or the rampant deforestation and destruction of carbon-rich peatlands in Indonesia.
9 Sep 2015
Indonesia investigates 10 firms over smog-causing forest fires
Press Releases /
RSPO
Sabah aims for statewide certified sustainable palm oil: Global first
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smallholders
and independent farmers who normally find it difficult to secure international standard certification. Sabah is now laying the groundwork to asses all possibilities, by bringing together...
29 May 2015
Sabah aims for statewide certified sustainable palm oil: Global first
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Food & Agriculture
Palm oil giant IOI sues RSPO over suspension
Palm oil giant IOI Group is suing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) - an organisation it helped start - over its decision to suspend IOI's membership on allegations that its subsidiaries f...
10 May 2016
Palm oil giant IOI sues RSPO over suspension
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Food & Agriculture
Feeding the world's cities: a critical challenge for sustainable development
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smallholders
, along the whole supply and value chain. Crucial to this is drastically reducing food losses and waste, which are especially high in urban areas. This includes measures such as redistribu...
18 Jan 2016
Feeding the world's cities: a critical challenge for sustainable development
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Extending Indonesia’s forest moratorium is a win for business
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smallholders
’ yields. Protecting landscapes protects profits Preserving forest landscapes is critical for
smallholders
’ economic vitality. Healthy forests provide many ecosystem services, including th...
14 May 2015
Extending Indonesia’s forest moratorium is a win for business
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Corporate Responsibility
FGV denies WSJ allegations of human rights abuses
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smallholders
and plantation workers, without whom we would not be able to operate daily," it said.
28 Jul 2015
FGV denies WSJ allegations of human rights abuses
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Carbon & Climate
NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
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Smallholders
are also feeling the heat — some companies have blamed small palm oil developers for setting fires that have spread into concession areas. The bad news is fires and haze may get worse bef...
1 Oct 2015
NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
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Food & Agriculture
Collaboration crucial to food security in Southeast Asia
To ensure food security and nutrition in Southeast Asia amid a shrinking agricultural workforce, growing population and diminishing natural resources, businesses, governments and civil society need to...
9 Jul 2015
Collaboration crucial to food security in Southeast Asia
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Food & Agriculture
Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers?
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smallholders
- in many cases, helping them to replant," he noted. Sen, who also co-chairs the RSPO board, said Unilever is seeking to partner with governments in palm oil-producing nations, donor agen...
25 Feb 2015
Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers?
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
New EU-Indonesia timber agreement will improve forest protection
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smallholders
would be unable to meet the costs of certification. There were often times when I too thought the challenge was too great. Yet, in the end, the criticism of the SVLK and the pessimism abo...
18 May 2016
New EU-Indonesia timber agreement will improve forest protection
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Save our soils
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smallholders
, pastoralists, and indigenous people – has been affected by large-scale investment. The struggle to secure land rights for individuals and communities has thus become a matter of survival...
23 Apr 2015
Save our soils
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Food & Agriculture
How will we feed 10 billion people?
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smallholders
. Grow Asia is a partnership between the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) secretariat and World Economic Forum. Its mandate is to leverage the strengths of multinational corp...
16 Oct 2015
How will we feed 10 billion people?
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Food & Agriculture
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts
A new push to give farmers in developing countries better access to markets, led by the United Nations' food aid agency, could fall short of its goals if it does not prioritise helping poor farmers ad...
15 Feb 2016
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts
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Food & Agriculture
Rethink needed on farming’s impacts
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smallholders
− to think again about how to manage the future. Organic farms cover only 1 per cent of global agricultural land, but their produce is big business in Europe and America. Professor Regano...
9 Feb 2016
Rethink needed on farming’s impacts
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Food & Agriculture
Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
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smallholders
, it's not the consumers, and that does in fact weaken the advocacy potential of the group," he said. "We're working on that right now." Adam Schwarz, president of Asia Group Advisors, sa...
4 May 2015
Palm giants ask Indonesian gov't to clear path toward sustainability
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Water
Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice
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As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much …
Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice
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Water
‘Rivers do not stop at political boundaries’: Bhutan’s Princess on forests, water and Himalayan cooperation
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Bhutan’s decades-long conservation efforts, bolstered by Restore Bhutan’s goal of bringing 50,000 hectares of degraded landscapes back to …
‘Rivers do not stop at political boundaries’: Bhutan’s Princess on forests, water and Himalayan cooperation
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Cities
Indonesia’s wildfire haze blankets Southeast Asia
Air quality in cities and districts across Southeast Asia has reached hazardous levels in recent weeks owing to …
Indonesia’s wildfire haze blankets Southeast Asia
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Carbon & Climate
Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?
The devastating floods in Nepal demonstrate what happens when reckless development puts climate-vulnerable communities in harm’s way.
Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?
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Energy
Türkiye seeks global backing for ‘climate responsible AI’ at COP31
The voluntary Antalya Pledge asks governments and companies to disclose data centre energy use and shift to renewables, …
Türkiye seeks global backing for 'climate responsible AI' at COP31
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Energy
China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?
The region must strengthen grids and clean energy capacity to incorporate AI for efficiency, experts say. But in …
China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?
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