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Food & Agriculture

Anita Neville succeeds Agus Purnomo as chief sustainability officer of Golden Agri-Resources

The former WWF and Rainforest Alliance executive moves into the role after almost six years with the palm oil company.
Burning concession of palm oil company

Carbon & Climate

Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not responsible for fires that followed

Environmental experts say this flies in the face of evidence showing that the firm didn’t have adequate equipment to tackle fires and that the fires started in areas it had recently cleared and drained.
Log yard, OKI pulp mill, South Sumatra

Food & Agriculture

Revealed: APP's controversial Indonesian paper mill OKI plans to triple in size

Exclusive The planned expansion will have catastrophic consequences for forests, peatlands, and communities, warn NGOs. APP says the expansion will not breach its no-deforestation pledge, and is aligned with the new Omnibus Law to boost investment and jobs.
indonesia forest fires and Covid-19

Cities

Fire season in Indonesia less severe, but Covid-19 could turn it deadly

This year’s forest fire season in Indonesia is expected to be less severe than in previous years, but the haze from the burning could still compound the coronavirus crisis in the country.

Food & Agriculture

Paper giant APRIL's expansion plan alarms environmentalists

By Robin Hicks

Carbon & Climate

UK is now halfway to meeting its ‘net-zero emissions’ target

By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief

Food & Agriculture

Peatland on fire as burning season starts anew in Indonesia

By Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay.com

Carbon & Climate

Covid lockdowns improved air quality in 2020, but climate calamities worsened air pollution in US, Thailand and Australia

By Robin Hicks
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Policy & Finance

How victims can pay polluters for a win-win result

With smoke haze posing a significant pollution problem for Southeast Asia, a victim-pays approach could result in cleaner air for all. By Euston Quah
Mongabay Founder Rhett A. Butler: 11 things to watch in 2021

Carbon & Climate

Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler: 11 things to watch in 2021

2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts. So what’s in store for 2021? Mongabay Founder Rhett A. Butler reviews 11 key things to watch in the world of rainforests in 2021. By Rhett A. Butler
palm oil plantation in cigudeg

Food & Agriculture

India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia

As the biggest consumer of palm oil, India can take a lead in demanding ethical production that can stop deforestation in Southeast Asia and reduce air pollution. By Kamal Prakash Seth
aerial view palm oil trees

Policy & Finance

Banks responsible for continuing deforestation in Southeast Asia

Forest-risk companies in Southeast Asia tend to rely almost entirely on debt financing. In view of this leverage, banks can be deemed directly accountable for deforestation and related offences committed by their borrowers. By Gulzhan Musaeva

Cities

Vietnam to step up battle against dirty air—will its measures go far enough?

By Tim Ha

Policy & Finance

Building ‘blocks’ to fight the haze

By Darren Toh

Carbon & Climate

Intense forest fires threaten to derail Indonesia’s progress in reducing deforestation

By Sakinah Ummu Haniy and Hidayah Hamzah, Mirzha Hanifah

Carbon & Climate

From the ashes of forest fires, a new deal for nature must emerge

By Marco Lambertini
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#haze Videos

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Carbon & Climate

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.
pelalawan children

Food & Agriculture

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.
peatbogs kalimantan

Carbon & Climate

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.
orangutan homes burnt

Carbon & Climate

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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#haze Press Releases

PM Haze

PM Haze

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

CapitaLand

CapitaLand

CapitaLand launches global open call for sustainability innovation through inaugural CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge

Greenpeace

Greenpeace

Palm oil and pulp companies with most burned land go unpunished as Indonesian forest fires rage

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

Singapore set to expand chain of custody certification and responsible sourcing of forest products

UN Environment

UN Environment

On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution

32 out of 33 local restaurant chains use cooking oil possibly linked to haze

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Go haze-free for Singapore

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