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Food & Agriculture

Despite COP26 forest vow, one third of commodity firms have no plans to halt deforestation

Multinational producers and users of palm oil, beef, soy, paper, timber or leather are failing to live up to commitments to end tropical deforestation. Palm oil is the best performing commodity for tackling forest risk, beef the worst.
Deforestation of peatland

Policy & Finance

As Indonesia reclaims land from developers, conservation is an afterthought

President Joko Widodo’s administration announced last week that it was cancelling millions of hectares worth of logging, plantation and mining concessions.
Lahiru Wijedasa

Carbon & Climate

BirdLife International appoints Lahiru Wijedasa as Asia forest coordinator

Wijedasa was part of a team that recently discovered a new species of flowering tree in a peat swamp in Sumatra.
Womangrove Indonesia

Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s Womangrove collective recovers the coast from shrimp farms

The Womangrove collective focuses on replanting abandoned shrimp and fish farms that were originally established in cleared mangrove areas, and have to date planted more than 110,000 seedlings.

Policy & Finance

Community control of forests hasn’t decreased deforestation, Indonesia study finds

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Carbon & Climate

Decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

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Policy & Finance

7 trends that will shape sustainability in 2022

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Carbon & Climate

Indonesian peat restoration brings more benefits than it costs, study finds

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Policy & Finance

What the Philippines can do in 2022 to carry out COP26 promises

As the dust settles following Glasgow’s climate summit, the Philippines needs to take some immediate steps this year so it can hit ambitious decarbonisation goals. By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
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Carbon & Climate

Fighting deforestation on the ground

To embrace sustainable forestry, residents of rural communities must view it as a reliable source of stable income. Government institutions could reduce economic uncertainty through legislation and incentives. By Pedro Frizo
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Food & Agriculture

Meat: only on Mondays

Meat and diary production are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The message from scientists is clear - we need to rethink what we put on our plates. By Arabesque
Sustainable investing

CSR

Award the Nobel Peace Prize to nature's protectors

The Nobel Committee's decision to award the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was instrumental in elevating that issue to the top of the global policy agenda. Now, the same should be done to recognise the organisation that has done the most work on the crisis of biodiversity loss. By Juan Manuel Santos, Svenja Schulze, Carole Dieschbourg, Teresa Ribera, Zac Goldsmith and Pascal Canfin

Carbon & Climate

Safeguarding indigenous rights is good for nature—and economies

By KM Reyes

Policy & Finance

Indigenous communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates Sarawak

By Fiona McAlpine

Policy & Finance

Reducing the forest footprint of Chinese soft-commodity financing

By Ward Warmerdam and Tom Picken

Policy & Finance

Getting to zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030

By Ilona Szabó
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Food & Agriculture

Pandemics and the exploitation of wildlife — what's the connection?

The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
Simon Lord and Pamela Mar on Sustainability One on One

CSR

Sustainability One on One: Palm oil proponent Simon Lord in conversation with apparel futurist Pamela Mar

In the first in a new video series where sustainability leaders interview each other about the toughest things about their jobs, Simon Lord of Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation went head to head with Pamela Mar of Hong Kong-based textile and apparel giant Fung Group.
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Food & Agriculture

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

From conflict to co-existence: Earthworm Foundation has come up with a solution to managing human-elephant conflict in palm oil plantations in Sabah.
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Energy

Documentary film Sexy Killers probes Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal

Ahead of Indonesia’s presidential election on April 17, an online movie was recently published showing the links between Indonesian coal and energy companies and the country’s political elites.
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Palm oil farmers working with Natural Habitats

Food & Agriculture

Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?

Some environmentalists would argue that there's no such thing as sustainably grown palm oil, because of the crops links to deforestation and human rights abuses. Eco-Business spoke to Monique van Wijnbergen about how palm can be done right.
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Policy & Finance

Green finance: Will banks tell us how they spend our money?

Fossil fuels, tobacco, weapons—our banks could be spending our money on things we don't want them to. Eco-Business talks to finance expert Mayur Singh about why consumers in Asia should asking banks how they spend their money.
woman oil palm plantation worker

Food & Agriculture

What do RSPO's new standards mean for palm oil and tropical forests?

Sponsored RSPO's new standards ban deforestation and growing on peat. But what are the challenges of putting the new rules into practice, and how will they be effectively enforced? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to industry experts from RSPO, WWF and Wilmar International.
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Carbon & Climate

What does it take to save one of Indonesia's last peatland forests?

Sponsored The once abundant peat forests of Indonesia's Kampar peninsula have been deforested to half its size over the last two decades. Is there hope in saving the country's largest remaining forest reserve? 
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#deforestation Press Releases

Brainforest

Brainforest

Start-ups for more forests and a better climate

Diversey

Diversey

Diversey named finalist in Chemical Week Sustainability Awards 2021

PM Haze

PM Haze

PM Haze launches haze-free foodstand campaign, encourages greater adoption of sustainable palm oil

CropLife Asia

CropLife Asia

CropLife Asia 2021 annual general meeting tackles regional food supply chain & farmer resiliency

CDP

CDP

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

Rights and Resources Initiative

Rights and Resources Initiative

New study shows rights-based conservation as viable path to achieve global biodiversity agenda

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WWF-Singapore

WWF-Singapore

In the palm of Singapore's hand - advancing the sustainable palm oil agenda

AlliedCrowds - AlliedOffsets

AlliedCrowds - AlliedOffsets

Nature-based solutions in carbon offsetting

Singapore International Water Week

Singapore International Water Week

SIWW 2018 Blue Paper: What will drive the next era of water management?

Eco-Business

Eco-Business

Mars: Sustainable in a Generation Asia Pacific Dialogue

CDP

CDP

CDP Hong Kong and South East Asia Report 2017

Landscape fires in Indonesia

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