New plantations can either cause deforestation by replacing natural forests or avoid this by using previously cleared areas. The extent of these two situations is contested in tropical ...
Under gov’t pressure, palm oil giants disband green pledge. by Jonathan Vit on 1 July 2016 . The members of the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge, a pact between six palm oil refiners to purge their ...
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Archive of Khor Reports' Palm Oil Blog, Jan 2011 - Feb 2025
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(08/07/2009) Despite violent protests by indigenous groups over plans to expand oil and gas exploration in the Peru’s rainforest, energy investments in the South American country are ...
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Editor's note: At the heavily watched POC KL, the largest palm oil conference, observers note unusually hearing all three palm oil predictors aligned point to a further price rise in coming months; due to dry weather weakening output, with an unusual drop in production amidst trend of continual increase.
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Eye on Jokowi and Indonesia palm oil: Indonesia finance and health ministries mull sugar tax, Scorecard Mixed as Indonesia's Jokowi `Drifts' in First Year, PT Bank Mandiri - commodity-based provinces should find new sources of economic growth as the commodity boom is over
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The expansion of plantations at the expense of tropical forest worries environmentalists and other observers. In particular, the rapid expansion of African oil-palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations has generated alarm about the future of species- and carbon-rich old-growth and selectively logged natural forests 1,2.Such concerns are particularly focused on Southeast Asia where Indonesia and ...
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palm oil to the ports of Houston, Atlanta, Newark, New Orleans, Baltimore and San Pedro. The palm oil ingredients imported include those used in bakery and food as well as personal care and nutraceutical applications. Wilmar and GAR also export palm oil from their facilities at the Port of Kuala Tunjung and the Port of Belawan to the United ...
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Also, Greenpeace has released a new report on palm oil use and deforestation pledges. I've put in screenshots from the Greenpeace imagery on the topic - note the messaging on the health of children and babies, oil palm being planted on burnt land and orangutans losing their habitat in the peat-fire driven burning. World Bank reporting has also ...
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2011-09-07· Despite risks, Indonesia’s farmers stake their future in palm oil. Frankincense and Myrrh harvest may encourage sustainable livelihoods in Ethiopia. Next Article . New map gives public a global view of biofuel development. Previous Article. Despite risks, Indonesia’s farmers stake their future in palm oil. BOGOR, Indonesia (7 September, 2011)_Indonesia has capitalised on the soaring
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2013-07-08· In recent years, the oil palm plantation and palm oil processing sectors have become a key part of Indonesia’s economy The growing demand for edible oils domestically and internationally created conditions in which Indonesia has become the global leader in terms of the cumulative area of oil palm plantations and Crude Palm Oil (CPO) production
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Indonesia's palm oil exports (palm oil and palm kernel) rose by 9.1 percent (month-on-month) to 2.04 million metric tons in February, according to data from the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki). This level the highest in about five years was brought on due to increased purchases from China and Pakistan. Indonesia's palm oil industry may experience a better year in 2013 as exports in
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2015-10-23· Palm oil giants are accused of displacing local communities from their land and livelihood, opening up massive peat swamps with road building and
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Similar issues were highlighted in earlier EoF reports including in 2016, but a lack of strict supervision by traders has led to more forest clearing and illegally grown palm oil entering global supply chains despite their commitments to improve traceability and stop deforestation, the report said.
Get Price2017-06-26· 'It’s up to us': why business needs to take a stand on palm oil Consumers have long been encouraged to shop with sustainability in mind. But when it comes to palm oil, the power to effect
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Palm oil sourced from illegally cleared rainforest areas in Indonesia has flowed through traders to major consumer goods brands despite widespread commitments to
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The conglomerate appears to be concealing its involvement in the heavily forested region through offshore mechanisms. One of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates, the Salim Group, has likely acquired four palm oil concessions in West Papua using a complex network of shared directorships and offshore companies, new research suggests.. Online watchdog awas MIFEE reported in May it had uncovered
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Activists have warned of a worrying number of farmers in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province being driven off their land by palm oil companies, often with
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2025-10-19· JAKARTA, Nov 15 2013 (IPS) Indonesia’s rainforests are facing “legal land grabs”, allege NGOs. Its ancient communities are finding that their ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation, as demand for the product grows in Europe, India and China.
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2017-08-10· A big palm oil company has trained me and 50 other men from our village in firefighting. We have uniforms and water-holding backpacks, and I
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2013-05-20· As fossil fuels are becoming scarcer, vegetable oil, such as palm oil, will play a more important role in the future. Therefore, countries such as Brazil, have been focused on expanding their palm oil businesses recently. Palm oil is important to Indonesia as it is a major export commodity of the country. Indonesia is the largest producer and
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Despite all the associated cost, for many palm oil offers the only way out of poverty. Apart from multinational corporations, Indonesia has approximately 1.5 million individual farmers producing the crop, most of them concerned only with their hand-to-mouth existence, and not ecological sustainability.
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Palm oil sourced from illegally cleared rainforest areas in Indonesia has flowed through traders to major consumer goods brands despite widespread commitments to
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How supporting independent palm oil farmers will impact deforestation For farmers, this means they can now sell their produce at a premium price, thereby increasing their income and improving their livelihoods. And, for Unilever, it helps to secure more sustainable palm oil for our products with the inclusion of smallholder farmers in our supply chain. “Becoming RSPO certified is
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PALM oil sourced from illegally cleared rainforests in Indonesia has flowed through traders to major consumer-goods brands, despite widespread commitments to cease purchases of non-sustainable oil, a new report says. Read more at The Business Times.
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2016-04-23· Palm oil firms, farmers back Indonesia's ban on concessions Indonesia is the world's top palm oil producer and planted area by the end of last year was nearly 11 million hectares, according to
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Palm Oil Frontiers: Lessons Learned from SE Asian Corporate Expansion to Africa October 2016 PALM OIL FRONTIERS: expand their palm oil business inUnited States West and Central Africa. Palm oil has been identified as a driver of both tropical deforestation and climate change, and this expansion also often has financial risks due to concerns about negligence of communities rights and
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2017-03-19· Indonesia's Peat Fires Still Blaze, But Not As Much As They Used To : Parallels Clearing peat land by fire is illegal but remains widespread, since it's the cheapest way to clear land for farming
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Despite the rush, vast majority of companies confident in their ability to manage logistics, freight and supply Watch Beer crisis averted as Ontario retailer set to restart bottle recycling program
Get Price2010-09-14· 7 posts published by MY Palm Oil during September 2010. The 8.15am evacuation of more than 100 employees was caused by Greenpeace’s protest against Fonterra’s purchase of palm kernel animal feeds, sourced from oil palm trees, which
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2016-07-01· Under gov’t pressure, palm oil giants disband green pledge. by Jonathan Vit on 1 July 2016 . The members of the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge, a pact between six palm oil refiners to purge their
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2016-11-07· This activity continues despite a current national moratorium on forest clearance for palm oil expansion. The report highlights the ongoing connections that major palm oil companies Wilmar International, Musim Mas Group and Golden Agri-Resources — dubbed the ‘Big Three Buyers’ — have with irresponsible palm oil sources from the region
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The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) congratulates the President on her bold step recognising and respecting communities’ customary ownership of their land and their rights to say yes or no to palm oil plantation on their land. In a meeting between the communities from District no.4, Grand Bassa County and the President yesterday the
Get PriceThe following is the established format for referencing this article: Obidzinski, K., R. Andriani, H. Komarudin, and A. Andrianto. 2012. Environmental and social impacts of oil palm plantations and their implications for biofuel production in Indonesia.
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2017-05-14· Over 85% of the world’s palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. 3 In Indonesia, where the most palm oil production occurs, the palm oil industry employs over 3 million people. 4 The most common (and cheapest) way to clear space for palm oil plantations is by burning down forests, including high-carbon forests and areas marked for conservation.
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2016-02-03· Papua New Guinea: Health Risks Of Poverty Amidst Palm Plantations Alarmed by reports about a massive land grab taking place in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Oakland Institute (OI) and the Pacific Network on Globalization (PANG) undertook research on land investment deals in the country, including sending a research team to the country in February
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2025-05-23· Although the long term strategic positioning opportunities are there, we do note first movers sometimes face difficult times at first and are not always rewarded for their efforts at the beginning. Taking palm oil as an example, one of the most active players in the sustainability space, Sime Darby, has mentioned that despite its significant
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With fires crackling in the peat soils, smoke billowing up and hot ash raining down just a stone's throw from his house, farmer Arif Subandi chokes up
Get PriceSome of the country’s top pharmaceutical companies have increased their selling prices by an average of 15 percent since early this year as a result of rising industrial fuel prices and raw materials. Last year, Powis said, the country was estimated to suffer a loss of US$500 million from the purchases of
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