by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 5 April 2019 | News
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...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 4 April 2019 | Featured, News
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...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 29 March 2019 | News
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...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 28 March 2019 | News
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...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 27 March 2019 | Featured, Opinion
By Denys Munang* 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. First of all, I see much confusion about what the issue really is....
