Haze News
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In a bid to phase out palm biofuel, Europe leaves fans and foes dismayedBoth palm oil producers and environmental activists expressed dismay over the European Union's move, saying the policy is discriminatory and will still allow palm oil used as biofuels to continue to be treated as a renewable fuel. -
Europe's food makers find green palm oil hard to stomachOnly 74 per cent of palm oil bought by Europe's food industry is certified as sustainable.
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Palm oil: Smallholder expansion into peatlands on the riseA new study overturns assumptions that the palm oil industry is solely to blame for deforestation and peatland conversion in Indonesia. -
Study finds palm oil industry mimics Big Tobacco on playing down public health impactsFood & Agriculture
Study finds palm oil industry mimics Big Tobacco on playing down public health impacts
From heart disease to raised levels of bad cholesterol, a new study finds that haze is not the only public health impact of palm oil, and that the industry's strategies to hide these resembles that of tobacco and alcohol industries.
Haze Opinion
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Air pollution may be affecting how happy you are– Amid ample evidence of the direct link between air quality and overall mental health and happiness, focusing on just objective indicators understates the true welfare cost of poor air, writes University of Leeds' Peter Howley. -
A new normal in the battle against fire and haze– The reasons for forest fires are numerous and complex. With hotter and drier temperatures becoming the new normal in parts of the world, the solution is to work with companies, not against them, writes Sinar Mas’ Bernard Tan. -
Green bonds do more harm than good– They're designed to fund projects that have a positive environmental impact. But green bonds are being used as a mask for environmental destruction. We should fix this while we still have time, says Assaad Razzouk.
Videos
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Can Indonesia stay haze free?– Indonesia has made significant progress in fighting the fires caused by slash-and-burn forestry that choke Southeast Asia annually with toxic air pollution. Eco-Business spoke to the chair of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) about what it will take to put the fires out permanently.
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Freedom from Fire– In a bid to prevent another haze crisis, Indonesian agribusiness firms have developed innovative ways to work with communities to stop burning land. Here's how the fire free village programme is tackling the issue, one village at a time.
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Indonesia on fire– Scientists from Center for International Forestry Research explain the causes and effects of burning peatlands as they visit Central Kalimantan in Indonesia.
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Wildlife feels the heat as Indonesia's carbon bomb explodes– From Greenpeace's drones to NASA's satellites, eyes in the sky are revealing the extent of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The bad news: southern New Guinea is now also a hotspot.
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