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Australian banks urged to ‘cut ties’ with palm oil firms as $6.4bn investments revealed
17.07.2019 Friends of the Earth report says that in financing the likes of Wilmar and Olam, banks are complicit in illegal deforestation
Are KitKat sales helping line the pockets of a man who bribed Indonesia’s top judge?
05.07.2019 Purchases in Malaysia by Wilmar, the world’s largest palm oil trader, are helping fund deforestation in neighbouring Indonesia, to the benefit of a criminal businessman
Concerns over deforestation – much of it illegal – could see palm oil demand drop for first time in 20 years
24.06.2019 Palm oil demand depressed as EU buyers resist long-term deals while awaiting greater regulatory action
Indofood loses Citigroup investment following labour abuse revelations
20.06.2019 US bank pulls $140 million financing after RSPO dropped Indonesian palm oil giant for widespread labour violations
What we learned from two years investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia
08.05.2019
And what it says about how to fix the nation’s deforestation and land rights crisis
How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans
28.03.2019 An interview with anthropologist Sophie Chao discussing how plantation firms influence and exploit indigenous communities
Indonesian palm oil company embroiled in lawsuit for burning forest in Kalimantan
07.03.2019 PT Arjuna Utama Sawit, a Musim Mas supplier, has also been connected to land conflicts and the illegal clearing of peatland
Indonesian anti-corruption body denounces deforestation license for oil palm giant guilty of wrongdoing
18.02.2019 Ministry of Environment and Forestry asked to review its decision to authorise the conversion of 10,000 hectares of forest in Central Sulawesi into oil palm plantations
Family of North Sumatra Deputy Governor implicated in illegal conversion of protected forests for oil palm
13.02.2019 The North Sumatra Regional Police has named Musa Idishah, better known as Dodi Shah, as a suspect in a case of illegal deforestation of protected areas
