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NEWS
Despite Loss, ANJ Records Higher 2018 CPO and FFB Output
Palm oil producer Austindo Nusantara Jaya (ANJ) said that although it posted a loss in revenue in 2018 mostly because of low world prices, it also posted higher production of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs). In a press conference after a company...
Indonesian Banks Play Important Roles in Achieving Palm Oil Sustainability
As demand for sustainable financing grows, Indonesian banks are trying to contribute to the battle against deforestation and against other environmental and social issues in the palm oil sector, by requiring clients to comply with palm oil sustainability standards,...
Good Growth Conference Praises Indonesia for Progress in Battling Deforestation
The Palm Scribe Content Manager, Bhimanto Suwastoyo, was selected by the UNDP's Good Growth Governance initiative to visit Peru with other journalists around the world to see how Peru is coping with the growing palm oil. This article is one of a series of reports from...
Peru: Where Land Tenure Rests on a Weak Legal Framework
The Palm Scribe Content Manager, Bhimanto Suwastoyo, was selected by the UNDP's Good Growth Governance initiative to visit Peru with other journalists around the world to see how Peru is coping with the growing palm oil. This article is one of a series of reports from...
SIIA: EU Move on Palm Oil is Counter Productive to Sustainability
The European Union move to phase out the use of palm-oil based biofuel in its renewable energy targets, citing alleged excessive deforestation, may result in a regression in sustainability practices and more deforestation, the latest report issued by the Singapore...
UNDP picks The Palm Scribe to join Sustainability Training and Good Growth Conference in Peru
The UNDP has selected The Palm Scribe as one of two Asian media organizations to attend its Good Growth Conference in Peru. Bhimanto Suwastoyo, the content manager for The Palm Scribe is one of eight journalists selected globally to learn more about how journalists...
Oil Palm Labor Wants More Effective Government Protection
In marking the 2019 May Day, the Oil Palm Labor Coalition (KBS) is calling for better and more effective government protection for them. The coalition is calling on the government to provide this protection through the issuance of special regulations governing the...
South Kalimantan Province Braces for Forest and Ground Fires
The Indonesian province of South Kalimantan, an island annually plagued by forest and ground fires in the dry season, is preparing its fire-fighting troops as the rainy season approaches its end. The South Kalimantan Chapter of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producer...
Center of Excellence Opens to Help Palm Oil Smallholders Go Sustainable
A number of stakeholders have set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) for the Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative Program in the Indonesian province of Riau to help smallholders, both from plasma schemes and independent ones, to manage their oil palm plantations sustainably,...
INFOGRAPHICS
PROFILE
Sekjen GAPKI Lakshmi Sidarta: Cermati Potensi Pasar Minyak Sawit Domestik Indonesia
Ditengah masifnya serangan terhadap kelapa sawit dan industrinya, termasuk dari Uni Eropa, seorang eksekutif dari industri kelapa sawit mengingatkan bahwa Indonesia sebenarnya mampu untuk mengembangkan pasar domestiknya agar tidak lagi bergantung kepada ekspor. Uni...
SPECIAL REPORTS
Indonesian Banks Play Important Roles in Achieving Palm Oil Sustainability
As demand for sustainable financing grows, Indonesian banks are trying to contribute to the battle against deforestation and against other environmental and social issues in the palm oil sector, by requiring clients to comply with palm oil sustainability standards,...
OPINIONS
Palm Oil Sustainability: Whose Business Is It?
Environmentalists and lately the European Commission have been relentless in attacking the palm oil industry in Indonesia for its alleged lack of sustainability - which covers a glossary of wrongs such as deforestation, planting on peat, exploitation of labor,...
VIDEOS
Nazir Foead: Challenges in Planting Oil Palm on Peatland
Our Story: How Palm Oil Changed Our Lives
Konsultasi Dengan Masyarakat Setempat Kunci Bagi Operasi ANJ di Papua
News Roundup
Summaries of what Indonesian newspapers are reporting about the industry.
Press Release
The Palm Scribe compiles press releases from various parties in the palm oil industry here.
Resurrecting downstream palm oil industry
Bisnis Indonesia, 5 April 2019 The downstream palm oil industry has been suffering from stagnancy ever since the government decided to keep export duty of crude palm oil at zero at the end of 2018. On Tuesday (April 2), Indonesian Vegetable Oil Association (Gimni)...
Paris Agreement to protect people
Kompas, 30 March 2019 It has been suggested that Indonesia follow its commitment to improve governance of oil palm plantations, rather than threatening the European Union to leave the Paris Agreement. Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) National Executive Climate...
Japan postpones palm oil certification requirement
Kontan Harian, 1 April 2019 Japan is postponing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification requirement for Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives until 2021, following a comprehensive review of the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership...
Farmers find difficulties in meeting replanting fund requirements
Kompas, 14 February 2019 Oil palm farmers are finding it difficult to meet the replanting fund eligibility requirements. As a result, they had to delay replanting and continue to cultivate old oil palm trees. Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS) Director Herdrajat...
CPO price weaken due to oversupply
Bisnis Indonesia, 13 February 2019 The benchmark crude palm oil contract for April delivery at the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange fell 0.53% or 12 points to 2,254 ringgit per metric ton on Tuesday's (February 12) close. Asia Trade Point Futures analyst Deddy Yusuf...
Look at palm oil problems as a whole
Kompas, 12 February 2019 The government should read in detail the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on palm oil and biodiversity. The report found that while palm oil is more efficient than other kinds of vegetable oil, expansion of oil palm...