The Attorney General’s Office in Indonesia has named 11 individuals and 12 associated companies as suspects in fraudulent exports of crude palm oil (CPO). Investigators allege that between 2022-24, shipments of CPO were deliberately mis-declared as palm oil mill effluent (POME) – the liquid waste from palm oil mills – or other derivatives, obscuring their […]
Forests are often talked about as places of nature and wildlife, but they are also deeply connected to our economies and everyday lives. This year’s International Day of Forests (21 March) highlights the link between forests and the economy and the reality is simple – when forests are healthy, economies are more stable; when forests […]
The UK produces the second largest amount of plastic waste per capita globally, with an estimated 1.7 billion items of plastic discarded weekly – averaging 90 billion items per person each year. More than half of this material is incinerated, having risen from 46 per cent in 2022 to 58 per cent in 2024. This […]
With a change of President in Indonesia last year, the country’s Government has announced several policies with the potential to greatly affect forests. In December 2024, President Prabowo Subianto announced that he thought Indonesia needed to plant more palm oil and that the country should not be afraid of deforestation. Indonesia’s Forestry Minister Raja Juli […]
EIA is adding its voice to civil society organisations across Europe to call on all EU institutions and member states to stand by their commitments and uphold the integrity of the landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The EUDR is essential for forests, resilient supply chains and global climate stability and we believe EU lawmakers […]
Today (8 April), the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) – the main voluntary certification scheme for palm oil – will be 20-years-old