Replanting oil palm may be driving a second wave of biodiversity loss
Our research has now found that this replanting might be causing a second wave of biodiversity loss, further damaging the environment where these plantations have been created.Indonesia News, 13 June 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia, Palm oil, Biodiversity , Asia Pacific Cambodian Loggers Narrowly Escape Arrest in Thap Lan National Park
A group of Cambodian illegal loggers narrowly escaped arrest after allegedly smuggling precious Siamese rosewood in a national park in Thailand’s northeast.Thailand News, 07 June 2019
Cambodia, Thailand, Timber, deforestation, Cambodia, illegal timber trade, Timber, Thap Lan National Park, Thailand, South East Asia, Asia Pacific 3 elephants found dead in Johor were poisoned, says Xavier
Xavier said the department would be cooperating with the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) to make it a condition to install electric fencing in oil palm plantations near the forest reserve to prevent wild elephants from damaging plantations and the village areas.Free Malaysia Today , 05 June 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, Malaysia, oil palm, Elephant, Endangered Species, Asia Pacific, MPOC Timber legality system for small enterprises in Indonesia
Rufi'i, Director of Processing and Marketing of Forest Products at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), has reported that the government’s new timber legality certification programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will provide the same legal umbrella for MSMEs as currently provided by SVLK certification for large companies.Panels Furniture Asia , 17 May 2019
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