The Palm Scribe

Environment Activist Hopes Palm Oil Moratorium Can Be Extended

  Two years after the issuance of Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 8 of 2018 that is…

President Jokowi Makes Moratorium on Forest Clearance Permanent

President Joko Widodo has signed a permanent moratorium on forest-clearing for plantations and logging, as announced…

Moratorium, What Do They Say?

The issuance of Presidential Instruction No. 8/2018 regarding the moratorium on permits for oil palm plantations…

Civil societies call for transparency in the Implementation of the palm oil moratorium

JAKARTA – A coalition of 12 civil society groups is calling for full transparency and also…

Indonesia wants to review idle palm oil concessions in forests

The government is currently working on a draft presidential instruction (Inpres) that would not only cover…