Over the past few years many companies have committed to sustainable palm oil. But that is threatened by a growing alliance between industry and government.
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From drought to economic slowdown, 2016 promises a mixed bag for the world’s forests.
While Indonesia has taken steps to address the worst forest fires in living memory, a new palm oil alliance with Malaysia threatens to take a giant leap back.
Scientists and policymakers - aware of the extreme dry season of El Nino - have warned of fires in Indonesia months in advance. Why then, do fires continue to blaze and what is being done about it?
The positive story of palm oil that is much less frequently heard, especially in richer countries.
How do the products we buy affect the world’s rainforests? In the lead up to the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit held in Sydney this week, The Conversation is running a series on rainforest commodities…
Palm oil plantations have an overall negative impact on biodiversity, according to research released this week. The study, published in Nature Communications, found palm oil plantations are home to fewer…
Significantly diminished water quality now joins the host of other risks associated with palm oil plantations. Researchers…
Indonesia is the world’s biggest destroyer of forests and four multinational corporations — APP, APRIL, Wilmar and Golden Agri Resources — have been responsible for much of it. Until recently these mega-corporations…
Businesses, government and civil society met this month in Medan, Indonesia, for the 11th annual Roundtable meeting on sustainable palm oil. While orangutan conservation organisations dominated conversations…
One of the world’s major terrestrial carbon pools is rapidly deteriorating as large parts of Indonesia’s peatlands are deforested and converted to oil palm and paper plantations. No longer a carbon sink…
What is the value of sustainable palm oil? For some, it is the conservation of tropical forests and wildlife in highly biodiverse regions. For others, it is US$3. That’s the latest price of certificates…
Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt’s ambition to broker a new global rainforest recovery plan reopens an important conversation about Australia’s role in tackling tropical deforestation. And it…
Reducing poverty in developing countries through economic development is often contrary to addressing climate change. In countries like Indonesia, many of the strongest drivers of the economy – palm oil…
We live in an age of vanishing rainforests. Half of the world’s tropical forests have disappeared since World War II and roughly another 10 million hectares are being felled each year — the equivalent…
In 1990 there were about 400 international environmental groups. Today, this number is more like 1.4 million. So why is the world apparently in a worse state now? Have environmental groups paid too much…
The most important factor determining whether consumers avoid purchasing a product containing palm oil is not how they feel about orangutans, the environment, or anything else for that matter. It’s whether…
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Researcher and consultant on sustainability transition, Wageningen University
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Head of Business and Human Rights at Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University
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Emeritus Professor of Biotechnology, University of South Wales
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Professor of Forest Management and Governance, Centre for International Forestry Research
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Honorary Fellow, Law School; Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sydney University, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney
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University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Environment and Development, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Deakin University
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Head of department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Undertaking doctoral research on climate change, focusing on deforestation in Indonesia, Australian National University
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Chief Research Officer, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
