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 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 New Soap with Certified Sustainable Palm Oil to Hit Hotels Worldwide, Including Marriott Properties
Hospitality product distributor Guest Supply, a Guest Worldwide company, is now offering a new soap line, called This Works, which contains palm oil certified under the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) standard by internationally recognized third-party SCS Global Services (SCS).CSR Wire, 24 September 2019
, Beef, RSPO 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 Brazil’s president attacks Amazon rainforest ‘lies’ and thanks Trump for support
Jair Bolsonaro told the U.N. that the Amazon “remains pristine and virtually untouched.”CNBC, 24 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, forest fire Bolivia Is Burning. Who Will Stop Its Fires?
Bolivia’s fires are the bitter fruit of policies designed to benefit agribusiness. Mr. Morales has promoted the expansion of cattle ranching and biofuels in Santa Cruz since 2010. In April this year, Mr. Morales signed an agreement to increase beef exports to China, which have — like Brazil’s — been growing in value and volume. Then in July, a decree legalized slash-and-burn fires to turn forests into pasture. Bolivians called Mr. Morales a “murderer of nature.”NY Times, 24 September 2019
Bolivia, Beef, 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 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 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 EVO MORALES’ ECOCIDE IS A GENOCIDE
The bolivian lowlands have been burning for over a month. Over 4 million hectares of biodiverse forests has already burned to ash–an area larger than Switzerland. Uncontrolled, the fires continue to spread across protected areas and Indigenous territories, provoking an incommensurable loss of life.Intercontinental Cry, 24 September 2019
Bolivia, Beef, 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 TRAFFIC trains Vietnamese enforcement officers on timber laws
TRAFFIC trains Vietnamese enforcement officers on timber lawsTraffic.org, 24 September 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, FLEGT 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 Brazil’s Cerrado region faces deforestation endangering thousands of species
By 2030, it is projected that Cerrado will lose tens of millions of additional acres of its native vegetation. As that land disappears, the species that call it home are put in peril.MIC, 24 September 2019
Brazil, Soy, deforestation 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 Laos determined to strengthen forest governance: Partners
The Lao government has continued to combat illegal logging, and promote trade in legal timber products and sustainable forest management, according to the FLEGT Standing Office.Asia News Network , 24 September 2019
Laos, Timber, FLEGT Singapore set to expand chain of custody certification and responsible sourcing of forest products
As a big consumer of imported materials, Singapore is being encouraged to become a centre of influence, committed to responsible procurement from the Asian region’s forests and plantations.The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, 24 September 2019
Malaysia, Timber, responsible sourcing 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 EU pressures Brazil to fight deforestation but refuses to boycott imports – The Economic Journal
The European Union (EU) will continue to demand that Brazil meet its commitments to combat deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, but refuses to ban beef imports in retaliation, the Trade Commissioner said today.Portugal's News, 24 September 2019
Brazil, Europe, Beef, 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 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 230 Investors With USD $16.2 Trillion in AUM Call for Corporate Action on Deforestation, Signaling Support for the Amazon
Today, 230 institutional investors representing USD $16.2 trillion in assets under management are calling on companies to take urgent action in light of the devastating fires in the Amazon, which have been fueled in part because of the deforestation happening at an alarming rate in Brazil and Bolivia.CSR Wire, 24 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, deforestation