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NEWS
WWF, NetFlix, Silverback Films Launches Our Planet Documentary Series
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Netflix and Silverback Films on Friday (5/4) launched an eight-part "Our Planet" TV series globally, showing the beauty of Earth but also the damage we are inflicting on the planet and the role we must play to assure how people and...
Indonesian Palm Oil Industry Needs a Specific National Authority
Considering the importance of palm oil for the Indonesian economy and also its significant role in fighting against poverty, the country should consider having a specific institution to manage the sector at the national scale, a number of practitioners and observers...
Indonesia Threatens European Union with Retaliation Over Palm Oil
Senior Indonesian officials are voicing strong reactions, including threats of retaliation, to the plan by the European Union to impose its Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II) that will ban palm oil-based biodiesel from its transportation sector arguing that it was...
Asian Agri is now 100 percent ISPO certified
Palm oil company Asian Agri has now become 100 percent certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme following the sustainability certification of two of its business units – PT Indo Sepadan Jaya and PT Rantau Sinar Karsa. “We are fully committed...
Palm Oil Farmers Union Takes Initiative on Partnership
Palm Oil Farmers Union (SPKS) in the West Kalimantan District of Sintang submitted an academic draft for the District Regulations Draft on Plantation Business Partnerships and Facilitation of Community Plantation Development, as part of their efforts to improve...
Asian Agri Shares Certified Palm Oil Sales Premium with Farmers
As a token of appreciation for the commitment of its partner scheme farmers for managing their oil palm plantations in a sustainable manner, palm oil giant Asian Agri distributed more than four billion Rupiah worth of certified palm oil sales premiums to them in...
ANJ posts higher FFB production in 2018
Palm oil company PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya (ANJ) says that despite ongoing replanting program in some of its plantations, the company managed to produce 7,6 percent more Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs) in 2018 compared to the previous year.
Palm oil Biodiesel Cuts GHG Emission More Than other Oils
The Indonesian Association of Palm Oil Producers (GAPKI) on Wednesday (13/3) cited the result of a 2015 research by Mathews and Ardiyanto as showing that the use of palm oil-based biodiesel could reduce the glasshouse gas emission by more than 60 percent.
GAPKI Wants Legal Battle Against EU Decision on Palm Oil
The Indonesian Association of Palm oil Producers (GAPKI) said it wanted Indonesia to engage in a legal battle against the European Union after the European Commission approved a “Delegated Act” that concluded the cultivation of oil palm was behind excessive deforestation and therefore made palm oil-based biodiesel ineligible for the EU transportation renewable energy scheme.
INFOGRAPHICS
PROFILE
CDP’s Global Disclosure System Helps Build Transparency in the Palm Oil Industry
There are several layers and players involved in achieving sustainability in the palm oil industry. These players play their own part to help the industry achieved their profit, help farmers become more prosperous, while at the same time, try and safeguard the...
SPECIAL REPORTS
Agents, Brokers and Potential Players in Mainstreaming Sustainability in Palm Oil Industry
It has now become accepted wisdom that assisting smallholders is key in making Indonesia’s palm oil more sustainable, especially since their role is expected to grow further in time.
OPINIONS
Honesty, Politics and Deforestation
Much has been said about the “Impending Palm Oil Ban by the EU” and it is disheartening for me to see the way this whole episode has morphed into something bigger than it really is.
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...