Indonesia has not imposed tough enough penalties for plantation fires: Greenpeace
Indonesia has not imposed serious enough penalties on pulpwood and palm oil firms that had large fires on their land from 2015 to 2018 and more fires on some of those farms also polluted the region’s air quality this year, Greenpeace said on Tuesday.EnviroLink, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Indonesia has not imposed tough enough penalties for plantation fires – Greenpeace
Indonesia has not imposed serious enough penalties on pulpwood and palm oil firms that had large fires on their land from 2015 to 2018, and more fires on some of those farms also polluted the region’s air quality this year, Greenpeace said yesterday.Reuters, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Malaysian minister Yeo Bee Yin ignores calls to resign for conflict of interest over haze
Ms Yeo Bee Yin has brushed aside calls for her resignation over a supposed conflict of interest in handling the transboundary haze issue. Responding to media questions about an oil palm plantation in Indonesia linked to her husband's company, IOI Corporation, which is said to be among companies causing the regional haze, the Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister said the matter should be handled by the Indonesian government.Straits Times, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire The Government Still Ignores the Independent Smallholders
General Secretary of Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) Indonesia, Mansetus Darto said that in a whole, the government does not pay attention the independent smallholders. President Joko Widodo may publish the policies but do not positively impact to them. Many kinds of regulations do not positively influence them, such as, the President Instruction No. 8 / 2018 about the Evaluation of Palm oil Plantation License and Its Enchancement.Palm Oil Magazine, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, palm oil smallholder Yeo shrugs off calls for her resignation
Responding to media questions about an oil palm plantation in Indonesia linked to her husband’s company IOI Corporation, and said to be among companies causing the regional haze, the Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister said the matter should be handled by the Indonesian government.The Star Online, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Reward companies doing more R&D on palm oil, urges Jomo
Former Council of Eminent Persons member Jomo Kwame Sundaram has called for greater and more focussed efforts on research and development (R&D) in the oil palm industry, adding that companies involved in it should also receive tax incentives.Free Malaysia Today, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, sustainable palm oil Malaysia-Indonesia officials to meet over oil palm, forest fire
Local palm oil companies with operations in Indonesia have been accused of contributing to the haze problem by allowing open burning on their landThe Malaysian Reserve, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia's indigenous lands
Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws put in place to protect them, human rights groups said.Reuters, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Haze: Stop pointing fingers at oil palm companies, says Teresa Kok
Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok is urging the public to stop blaming oil palm plantation companies for the annual transboundary haze problem.The Rakyat Post, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Orangutans Are Suffering in Indonesian Fires Right Now Due to Palm Oil Deforestation!
The fires have made headline news as they continue to grow. The fires have been caused by burning forests to clear land for palm oil plantations. Over 300,000 acres have already been burned in the region, causing significant habitat damage and excessive smoke in the region.One Green Planet, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Germany pledges €250m to protect global forests
Germany’s Development Ministry has pledged €200 million ($210 million) during the UN Climate Action Summit in New York for a programme to protect the world’s forests, the ministry confirms.Ghana Business News, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Germany, Soy, global forest protection Blood-red haze engulfs Indonesian province as forest fires and smog worsen
The skies over the Indonesian province of Jambi have been turned blood red, as the toxic haze from widespread rainforest fires continues to affect residents across the country. More than 328,000 hectares (about 800,000 acres) of ecologically-rich land have been burned across Indonesia in recent weeks.CNN, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Greenpeace blames Malaysia oil firm for Indonesia’s haze
Arab News, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Palm plantations in Indonesia are displacing Indigenous communities, a new report says
Weak laws are allowing oil palm plantations to destroy vast amounts of rainforest, to the detriment of the local Indigenous communities, and the planet, finds an alarming new report from the Human Rights Watch.SBS, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people Adopt sustainable agricultural practice to mitigate haze impact - WWF Malaysia
Malaysia Conservation director Dr Henry Chan said it was crucial to gear agricultural practices towards greater sustainability while conserving forests throughout the supply-chain.New Straits Times, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Indonesia not tough enough on forest burners, says Greenpeace
Indonesia has not imposed serious enough penalties on pulpwood and palm oil firms that had large fires on their land from 2015 to 2018 and more fires on some of those farms also polluted the region’s air quality this year, Greenpeace said on Tuesday.Free Malaysia Today, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Govt Hasn't Imposed Strict Penalties for Wildfires: Greenpeace
The Indonesian government has not imposed serious enough penalties on pulpwood and palm oil firms that had large fires on their land from 2015 to 2018 and more fires on some of those farms also polluted the region's air quality this year, Greenpeace said on Tuesday, September 24.Tempo, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire WWF-Msia says higher demand for sustainable products can help end haze
World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) would like to see more local companies produce sustainably-sourced goods to help end the haze that keeps blighting the country. “One of the ways that this can be done is by buying products such as those with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) labels,“ he said.The Sun Daily, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Malaysia-Indonesia officials to meet over oil palm, forest fire
Malaysia-Indonesia officials to meet over oil palm, forest fireThe Malaysian Reserve, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire Responding to media questions about an oil palm plantation in Indonesia linked to her husband’s company IOI Corporation, and said to be among companies causing the regional haze, the Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister sai
Benjamin Tay was in Sungai Tohor, a village in Riau, Indonesia, doing community engagement work when he heard about a forest fire at a nearby village on Sept 20. Together with Indonesian peatland restoration group Ekonomi Kreatif Andalan (EKA), he travelled about 20km – about an hour on motorcycle – to Tanjung Sari village the next day to help relieve volunteer firefighters.New Straits Times, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire To Prevent the Fire, the Members of RSPO are Monitored by GeoRSPO
Until now, the members of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Malaysia still faces the Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA), and RSPO could not monitor the last situation of hotspots around their plantations and their factories. Chief Executive Offricer RSPO, Darrel Webber said that his side has asked to the planters in Malaysia to release the maps of the plantation borders since 2013 and should be published in the official website GeoRSPO since 2017.Palm Oil Magazine, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Indonesia's fires are expanding .. What is their relationship to palm oil forests?
...palm oil imports are significant for the country, and it is necessary to diversify agricultural production and not convert all green areas into palm oil. This is where criticism of environmental activists linking the burning of forests and their cause, and how they later turn to oil palm plantations in a country that is the most productive in the world.Teller Report, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Palm oil and pulp companies with most burned land go unpunished as Indonesian forest fires rage
Despite the ongoing Indonesian forest fire crisis, no serious civil or administrative sanctions have been given to the ten palm oil companies with the largest areas of burned land from 2015 to 2018, new Greenpeace Indonesia mapping analysis revealed. Furthermore, the Indonesian government has not revoked a single palm oil licence due to forest fires.Greenpeace, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia Are Losing Their Forests to Palm Oil: Daily Brief
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces.Human Rights Watch, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people Harsher penalties await Indonesian forest burners
Indonesian authorities are studying a plan to mete out harsher penalties to companies found burning forest and peat land, an environment ministry official said, as the country faces its worst forest fires and haze problems since 2015.Free Malaysia Today, 23 September 2019
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