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'Fake' permits underpin world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesian Papua
20.12.2019 Local officials reported to their superiors as long ago as 2013 that all seven plantation operation permits at the 2,800 square kilometre “Tanah Merah” project were faked, but no action taken
Mystery shrouds firm set to clear 60,000 hectares of Cameroon forest for palm oil
20.12.2019 Camvert Sarl named as company behind a planned palm oil development that locals and activists fear will put communities and native forests at risk
Record forest fires are fanning the flames of Nicaragua’s deforestation crisis
18.12.2019 Weak governance and an expanding export-oriented agribusiness model fuel outbreak
Asian banks gave $19bn to palm oil firms linked to Indonesia fires
12.12.2019 NGOs call out financing awarded by region’s largest financial institutions
Alleged human rights abuses at Cameroon rubber plantation pile pressure on Sudcam
28.11.2019 Despite 2018 pledges to improve sustainability credentials, Sudcam project continues to leave locals short-changed
Double murder escalates conflict at illegal palm oil site in Indonesia
18.11.2019 Two activists found dead in a North Sumatra palm oil estate were allegedly assassinated by security guards on orders of their manager, while a third target escaped alive
UN deadline looms for Peru to revisit law threatening 100,000 hectares of Amazon
14.11.2019 A proposed new law in Ucayali would remove safeguards for 3.5 million hectares of forest
RSPO conference rocked by multiple NGO reports of illegalities in member concessions
08.11.2019 Allegations including widespread illegal fires, human rights abuses, fraudulent certifications and permitting irregularities ignored by global palm oil certification body
Singapore palm oil firm guilty of illegal Indonesia fires fined $18m
31.10.2019 Court ruling finds PT Arjuna Utama Sawit to have burnt almost 1,000 hectares of land illegally in Central Kalimantan
Illegal deforestation and child labour are the real horrors at Halloween
29.10.2019 Increasing global appetites for chocolate during the holiday period will benefit a cocoa industry that has failed to reform for two decades
