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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EIA podcast – is palm oil still a big problem … and will it ever be truly sustainable?
Palm oil is cheap, versatile and used widely in countess thousands of products and in biofuels, but its production has been linked to human rights abuses, illegal logging and deforestation, causing considerable harm to indigenous peoples and the habitats of endangered orangutans
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
Will palm oil watchdog rid itself of deforestation or continue to pretend its products are sustainable?
Palm oil produced through the destruction of forestland is still being sold around the world with the blessing of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Indonesia must act to protect forests and root out corruption and illegality from its palm oil sector
The Government of Indonesia has been urged renew its three-year ban on converting its Forest Estate to new palm oil plantations amid mounting fears that it may abandon it
Deforestation and Deregulation – Indonesia’s policies and implications for its palm oil sector
Here we analyse Indonesia’s key policies related to palm oil sustainability and deregulation, including the potential impacts of the newly passed UUCK.