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Orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo faces imminent threat of destruction
24.09.2024 Planned clearance for timber plantation underlines critical importance of EUDR
Impunity for German car giants assured after ethical supply chain law gutted
23.02.2021 German Cabinet set to approve “toothless” law that fails forests and indigenous peoples
New ISPO regulation underpinning Indonesian palm oil diplomacy branded as 'regressive'
30.04.2020 Recent “reform” of palm oil sustainability scheme criticised for threatening forests and human rights
Indonesian timber auditors to probe allegations of faked permits for $6bn of wood
27.02.2020 In a test for its EU-backed timber legality scheme, auditors investigate allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm permits
Ongoing legal uncertainty risks more conflict at Indonesia palm site linked to murders
21.02.2020 Tension rising once more at KSU Amelia in Sumatra
Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies
17.01.2020 Food giant's decision to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill is welcomed, but failure to act on other suspect supply chains raises questions
'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
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
