After an investigation, Greenpeace has found companies that supply P&G with palm oil are engaged in clearing of rainforests and peatlands in Indonesia, suggesting that Head & Shoulders shampoo and other extremely popular consumer products made by the company may be linked to forest destruction. Read more below to find...
Erik Meijaard of the Jakarta Globe argues that if Indonesia does not have the will or equipment to take care of its orangutans then they should be passed to nations who can value them properly. Read more below to find out how this would happen and how this would benefit...
Wilmar, the palm oil giant, has denied the claim that they will stop buying all crude palm oil from Sarawak due to it’s no deforestation policy. Read more below to find out why a large volume of the palm oil produced in the state of Sarawak is effectively exempt from Wilmar’s...
The Bruno Manser Fund recently released a platform that allows us to see the large-scale destruction of Sarawak’s rainforests, peatlands, and traditional lands for use in palm oil plantations, timber concessions, and other environmentally damaging industries. Read more below to find out how they created this platform and how it works....
A new report published by several environmental groups argues that unless governments and multilateral institutions significantly scale up financial commitments to REDD+, it may fail. Read more below to find out how much more institutions have to increase their financial contributions by and what the program hopes to achieve. Read more...
After finding out about the damaging effects of palm oil practices, two amazing Girl Scouts successfully campaigned to have Kellogg and their suppliers only use deforestation-free palm oil. Read more below to find out how these girls did it and how Kellogg plans on fulfilling their promise. Read more at...
The Indonesian government has rejected nearly 932,000 hectares of oil palm, timber, and logging concessions due to its moratorium on new permits across millions of hectares of peatlands and rainforests and permits for an additional 409,000 hectares are held up pending review. Read more below to find out which provinces are...
Palm oil companies are turning towards peatlands to plant their crops. The exploitation of this land is significantly easier because peatlands have very little protections by the government. Read more below to find out the effect destroying these lands is having on Borneo. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about...
A new study finds that reduced logging practices as they are now in Indonesia do not meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Read more below to find out what logging practices CAN cut down carbon emissions by about 50 percent and how this effects REDD+. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about...
Asia Pulp and Paper recently committed themselves to a zero deforestation policy. Despite previous, failed deals, Rainforest Alliance has agreed to reengage with APP and independently evaluate the company’s progress. Read more below to find out how this deal came about and what both sides have to say about it....
