by Dewi Kurniawati | 22 February 2019 | Featured, News
The Norwegian government is planning to compensate Indonesia after it has confirmed reports that the country has been able to curb carbon emission from deforestation in 2017, a Norwegian diplomat said. “When the emission figures are independently verified, Norway...
by Dewi Kurniawati | 18 February 2019 | Featured, News
The second round of presidential debate held on Sunday, February 17, 2019, began to discuss issues surrounding the Environment, Natural Resources, and Food and Energy. The debate was only attended by the two presidential candidates without their VP, was important...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 15 February 2019 | Featured, News
A three-year study conducted in Indonesia’s Central and West Kalimantan provinces found that there was an increase in the conversion of peat soi into oil palm plantation, especially by smallholders. The study, conducted by a team from the Center for International...
by Dewi Kurniawati | 13 February 2019 | Featured, Profile
The head of the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) is slowly but definitively showing progress in the uphill battle faced by this institution. “I was nervous,” Nazir Foead told The Palm Scribe when asked how he had felt when appointed as head of the newly-established...
by Dewi Kurniawati | 6 February 2019 | Featured, Profile
There’s no sustainability without traceability. This mantra is repeated time and time again by almost all palm oil stakeholders, to the point of almost making it sound too tedious. Being a central prerequisite in the industry’s journey towards sustainability, much...
by Bhimanto Suwastoyo | 28 January 2019 | Featured, News
Reports showing that UK-based supermarket giant Iceland has continued to sell own-brand products containing palm oil despite having pledged to stop doing so by the end of 2018, illustrates not only the pervasive use of palm oil but also how difficult it is to replace...
