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Comics mobilising sustainable solutions: Orangutans, deforestation and sustainable palm oil

Michelle Desilets - 10 May 2022

Rewriting Extinction-Stories to Save Our World, a campaign using comics to raise money and awareness for projects to tackle BOTH the biodiversity and the climate crisis, […]

Survival of Orangutans Depends Upon Sustainable Palm Oil Value Chains

The SPOC Team - 9 November 2021

Leading Orangutan Conservationists Speak Out In Support of Sustainable Palm Oil During Orangutan Caring Week Orangutan Caring Week is being celebrated this week throughout the […]

Sir David Attenborough Champions Sustainable Palm Oil

Michelle Desilets - 5 October 2021

The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet series focuses on solutions facing the planet On Sunday, the premiere of The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet, a […]

Exciting week for sustainable palm oil ahead: 27th September to 3rd October

Marieke Leegwater - 24 September 2021

Next week will be an exciting week with all eyes on sustainable palm oil! We are expecting rich discussions and latest figures on the European […]

Sustainable Palm Oil Communities Large and Small Come Together in an Effort to Save Orangutan Homes

Michelle Desilets - 23 September 2021

Following in the footsteps of Chester Zoo’s ground-breaking campaign which saw the popular tourist destination city of Chester become the world’s first Sustainable Palm Oil […]

The role of zoos in breaking the link between palm oil and deforestation

Catherine Barton - 16 August 2021

As a conservationist at Chester Zoo, I’ve seen first-hand the destruction and damage to forests across South East Asia and beyond, and the impact on […]

Looking towards a positive future on World Environment Day

Michelle Desilets - 4 June 2021

It’s hard to find positivity and motivation as the world is experiencing the crisis of the pandemic. Adding to the long-acknowledged climate change crisis, as […]

Swiss Referendum: an example for facilitating more sustainable palm oil trade in Europe?

Stefan Kausch - 8 April 2021

For the first time in history, a regulatory mechanism will be introduced for the promotion of sustainability through trade preferences. In a public referendum in […]

Would banning palm oil really improve sustainability?

Matin Qaim - 4 November 2020

A ban would not improve sustainability, neither from environmental nor from socioeconomic perspectives. But improved sustainability policies are definitely required. Global demand for palm oil […]