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16-Aug-2016 |
Indonesia’s Sampoerna Agro fined record sum for 2014 forest fires
INDONESIAN plantation company Sampoerna Agro is considering how to respond to a recent court ruling that handed...
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Plantations on peat |
22-Aug-2016 |
Double whammy for oil palm planters in Indonesia
SPOOKED by heavy penalties imposed on plantation companies linked to forest fires in Indonesia, oil palm planters...
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Plantations on peat |
28-Sep-2016 |
Greenpeace blockades IOI palm oil refinery in Rotterdam port
Greenpeace activists have blockaded a palm oil refinery owned by IOI in the port of Rotterdam after a report linked...
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Plantations on peat |
29-Sep-2016 |
‘Too Little, Too Late’ from APP on Sustainability
Asia Pulp & Paper, one of the world’s largest pulp and paper producers, claims to have made a remarkable turnaround...
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Plantations on peat |
05-Sep-2016 |
Planet is paying for palm oil profits
Palm oil production may have many benefits, but rapidly increasing plantation comes at a high cost to local and...
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Plantations on peat |
08-Sep-2016 |
RAPP alleged to have converted peatland
Despite the government’s order for companies not to convert peatland into plantation areas, the country’s leading...
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Plantations on peat |
08-Sep-2016 |
How Forest Restoration Is Turning the Tide on Deforestation
Currently one of the world’s best hopes for turning the tide on deforestation, the Bonn Challenge is a global effort...
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Plantations on peat |
10-Sep-2016 |
RAPP given slap on wrist for breaking moratorium rule
The government has given the country’s leading pulp and paper company PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) a slap...
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Plantations on peat |
02-Jun-2016 |
Black Wood Does Not Make White Paper: A Closer Look at RAPP’s Forest Fire Prevention Program
... it does not make sense to let the practices of slash-and-burn to clear up land for farming or plantation...
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Plantations on peat |
10-Sep-2016 |
Bank Mandiri Denies Link to Companies Blamed for Forest Fires
Jakarta. Bank Mandiri, Indonesia’s largest lender by assets, has reiterated its support for good corporate...
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Plantations on peat |
07-Apr-2016 |
Failure to stop deforestation costs IOI Group 3 big clients
Unilever, Mars and Kellogg's drop contracts with Malaysia's second largest palm oil producer for destroying...
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Plantations on peat |
09-Apr-2016 |
Unilever palm oil supplier must suspend all plantation expansion to save reputation
As buyers such as Unilever and Mars stop doing business with suspended Malaysian company IOI, will it lead to...
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Plantations on peat |
07-May-2016 |
IOI focused on lifting of RSPO suspension
KUCHING: IOI Corporation Bhd (IOI) is focused on taking corrective actions for early lifting of the RSPO...
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Plantations on peat |
04-Jul-2016 |
Indonesia's palm oil giants ditch green pact
Environmental groups slam firms that say 'zero deforestation' pledge no longer needed
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Plantations on peat |
20-Jul-2016 |
Piloting PALM Risk to detect palm oil-driven deforestation
Using satellite imagery to increase supply chain transparency, this new tool helps identify and eliminate...
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Plantations on peat |
07-Jun-2016 |
Malaysia palm oil giant says used as "scapegoat" as green standards ramp up
LONDON, June 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's largest palm oil producers, Malaysia's IOI Group...
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Plantations on peat |
09-Jun-2016 |
Palm oil giant's impact in Indonesia worse than reported, says Greenpeace
The NGO accuses Malaysian palm oil company IOI of failing to act in accordance with its own sustainability policies...
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Plantations on peat |
17-Jun-2016 |
Palm oil: The bigger picture
The hot debate over oil palm plantations won’t be cooling any time soon, which begs the question: How can...
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Plantations on peat |
27-Jul-2016 |
US partners with the Philippines on wildland fire preparedness
SUBIC, Zambales, July 27 --On18-22July 2016, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through...
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Philippines |
21-Feb-2017 |
Villar opens exhibit showcasing wetland wonders of the Philippines
Villar said the exhibit, called Wetland Wonders of the Philippines, was mounted at the second floor of the Senate...
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Philippines |