Gabon will be paid by Norway to preserve its forests
Gabon will become the latest African nation to receive funding to preserve its rainforests to mitigate the effects of climate change. As part of a 10-year deal announced on Sunday (Sept. 22), Norway will pay $150 million to Gabon to battle deforestation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Quartz Africa, 23 September 2019
Gabon, Timber, reforestation Jakarta plans soil tests to spot plantation firms causing haze
Indonesia plans to conduct soil tests to identify plantation companies suspected to have cultivated oil palm, pulp wood or other crops on land after using slash-and-burn techniques to clear it.The Straits Times, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Burger King UK denies its burgers are 'flame grilling' the Amazon following Greenpeace stunt
Around the world, environmental activists are often targeted for speaking out. Where does the courage to keep going come from? For some, it’s the idea that we don’t really own this earth; we take care of it for the next generation.PR Week , 23 September 2019
Brazil, United Kingdom, Beef, 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 Palm oil taking a leaf from timber trade on sustainability certification, says Kok
Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok says the palm oil industry is learning from the timber industry in opting for certification of sustainability.Malaysia Must Know the Truth, 23 September 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, sustainability certification The race to save rosewood
Long hidden in the shadows of informal trade, an African tree species known locally as mukula is now under an international spotlight. A decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to include Pterocarpus tinctorius in its Appendix II list of species will make it much harder for traders to profit from this fast-disappearing tree.Forest News , 23 September 2019
Africa, Timber, mukula wood 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 Malaysia adopts key policies to ensure sustainable palm oil cultivation
Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok has explained that Malaysia has adopted several key policies to ensure sustainable oil palm cultivation.The Rakyat Post, 23 September 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, sustainable palm oil Five companies, one individual named suspects in fires
Five companies and one individual have been identified as suspects in the forest and land fires in 2019, Forestry and Environment Ministry (KLHK) has discovered.Antara News, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Prompted by Amazon fires, 230 investors warn firms linked to deforestation
Prompted by the Amazon fires in Brazil and Bolivia, 230 global investors with $16.2 trillion in assets have issued a strongly worded statement warning hundreds of unnamed companies to either meet their commodities supply chain deforestation commitments or risk economic consequences. Elsewhere, consumer pressure has led the VF Corporation, a US apparel and footwear firm which owns Timberland and The North Face brands, to announce it has stopped buying Brazilian leather. It remains to be seen whether a global Brazilian boycott linked to deforestation will develop.Mongabay, 23 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, forest fire We can not pray to the God of the oil palm," call the indigenous tribes of Indonesia
A bloody report by Human Rights Watch indicates that the Indonesian government does not protect the rights of indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to build palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan and Sumatra's Jambi Territory. In an 89-page issue Report entitled "When We Have Lost the Forest, We Have Lost Everything": Oil Palm Plantations and Infringements in Indonesia The group documents how forest loss is occurring on a large scale and harms native indigenous people ,News Beezer, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people The ‘Forest Guardians’ of Brazil’s Amazon
In the Amazon rainforest, on Araribóia indigenous land in Brazil’s Maranhão state, groups of Guajajara tribesmen patrol their remote tribal land, seeking to protect it from illegal logging in places with little police presence.The Atlantic, 23 September 2019
Brazil, Timber, indigenous people Indonesia government considering harsher punishments for 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.Reuters, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire We Meet the People Burning Down Indonesia’s Forests
Hundreds of individuals directly contribute to the fires engulfing Indonesia’s forests, causing the haze that has enveloped parts of Southeast Asia. But why isn’t the government going after the corporations that hired them?Vice , 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire 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
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire Indonesian palm oil: “When we lost the forest, we lost everything”
New research shows that Indigenous people in Indonesia are losing their ancestral land to palm oil plantations, in ongoing government sanctioned burnings of forest areasOpen Access Government , 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people Palm oil-linked wildfires in Indonesia have ravaged 800,000 acres
Forest fires which have ravaged Indonesia since July have blanketed the area in a thick, poisonous smoke cloud that has sickened individuals and endangered wildlife, amid accusations from neighbouring Malaysia that Indonesia’s authorities is just not doing sufficient to manage the man-made wildfires.Danil Fineman, 22 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire The Amazon Is Still on Fire. Conservation Groups Blame Illegal Logging and Criminal Networks
Alencar co-authored a report released by IPAM last week that found deforestation – and not drought – is the primary driver behind the record fires this year. Human Rights Watch also released a report Tuesday pointing to "rainforest mafias" for causing the deforestation, fires and the deaths of the land's defenders – predominantly indigenous peoples.Amazon Watch, 22 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, forest fire What The European Parliament Must Do To Halt The Destruction Of The Amazon – OpEd
And now more than ever, the world looks to the EU to take global leadership, as its citizens are faced with a climate-change denying President in the US; a Brazilian President letting the Amazon slip away through his powerful fingers; and political paralysis in the UK.Eurasia Review, 22 September 2019
Europe, , forest fire Investment funds move to protect Brazil forests
A group of over 200 investment funds urged businesses to take an active role in halting the destruction of the Amazon and warned that companies whose supply chains benefit from deforestation could face financial risks.Post Guam, 22 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, forest fire Amazon in flames: 110 football fields of land cleared every hour
The fires, which are mostly caused by human with the goal of clearing land for farming and cattle ranching, are having grievous effect on the forest: the rate of deforestation in the Amazon has nearly doubled since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro came to power on January 1, with the equivalent of 110 football fields of land being cleared every hour.South China Morning Post, 22 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, forest fire “THE COALITION OF THE ABLE AND THE WILLING IS STARTING TO HAPPEN”
The Collaborative Soy Initiative will convene spaces and connections in which people and organizations will come together to collaborate, to analyze and systematize information about existing tools and initiatives, in order to achieve common goals. It represents an important opportunity for us to achieve greater synergies together.Round Table on Responsible Soy Association, 22 September 2019
, Soy, RTRS 'No Planet B': Millions take to streets in global climate strike
"The [Brazilian] federal government wants to turn the Amazon in an area for exploitation, to put cattle and soy over the forest," said university student Fabiana Amorim.Aljazeera, 21 September 2019
Brazil, , forest fire Indigenous leaders call attention to disastrous forest fires
Fires have destroyed millions of acres of rainforest in the Amazon and in portions of Indonesia in recent months. This week, an international coalition of indigenous leaders met in New York during the United Nations climate summit to call attention to the destruction of their land, confront climate change and ask for increased protections for the environment. Megan Thompson reports.PBS, 21 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire France supports Malaysia's sustainable palm oil, says Minister of State
The French Government will help Malaysia promote the country’s sustainable palm oil products by providing scientific findings of the products to its people.The Edge Market, 20 September 2019
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