It’s the 20th anniversary of palm oil watchdog RSPO – but 20 years of failure is nothing to celebrate
Today (8 April), the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) – the main voluntary certification scheme for palm oil – will be 20-years-old
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Why has it taken the killing of a Dayak villager for these palm oil sourcing companies to act?
Local police in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan shot dead an indigenous Dayak community member and critically injured two others as they protested against a palm oil company
After timber exports, now it’s palm oil sustainability Indonesia is seeking to water down
Having weakening timber export rules to spur economic growth, the Government of Indonesia is now poised to dilute the sustainability of its palm oil industry
A blow to forest crime, a big win for indigenous rights
Today is the UN International Day of Forests and we’d like to share with you a success story, a success for EIA’s investigators in the forests of Papua but especially, in the long run, a huge win for an indigenous people in gaining control of their ancestral lands
Enforcement & monitoring needed in palm oil sector
When we requested data on companies from the Government, it was very difficult. Officials in the districts and province refused to provide data, and when they did it was often incomplete. It seems to us that there is an attempt to stop all stakeholders accessing information
Season’s greetings – and our thanks for another great year!
The annual festive break is once more upon us and a new year is just around the corner – and on behalf of everybody here at EIA’s London HQ, I’d like to wish all of our supporters everywhere season’s greetings and all best wishes for a peaceful and productive 2014