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Real sustainability is harder than any statement can capture. It depends on coordination—on actors with different priorities, mandates, and constraints choosing to align around a […]
A new study by Etifor and the University of Padua shows that oil palm cultivation can significantly reduce its environmental impact when embedded in controlled, […]
A new roadmap for meaningful engagement in global food supply chains centers the voices, knowledge, and agency of those most affected—workers, farmers, and communities. Across […]
A new scientific paper published in Media Konservasi finds that consumer boycotts of palm oil have not played a significant role in reducing deforestation in […]
Indonesia has the largest area of oil palm plantations in the world — around 16 million hectares of industrial and smallholder plantations in 2024 — […]
When people hear about palm oil, they often immediately think of orangutans, but the conversion of tropical rainforest to oil palm plantations affects many […]
Designing effective policy responses to tropical deforestation requires an understanding of the reasons behind it, commonly called deforestation drivers. In the tropics, over 90% of […]
A difficult task – balancing food production and biodiversity It is well understood that the oil palm industry has had profound ecological, social and economic […]
When we think about colonialism, we often imagine it as a closed chapter—something that ended in 1945. But in Indonesia’s countryside, especially in areas dominated […]
