by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 2 May 2019 | News
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...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 26 April 2019 | Featured, Opinion
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,...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 26 April 2019 | News
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,...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 24 April 2019 | Profile
Despite its huge potential in helping turn Indonesia’s oil palm smallholders sustainable, the government’s Village Fund has remained largely untapped and efforts were needed to mobilize this financial resource, an industry finance expert said. For Agnes...
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...
