Mongabay reported that local environmental groups have “cautiously welcomed” President Jokowi’s announcement to revoke forestry concession permits covering a total of 3 million hectares – an area the size of Belgium – in order to improve governance and environmental practices… Read more

President Jokowi has issued something of a warning to France on palm oil, just as President Macron is seeking to put the EU’s deforestation regulation at the centre of his election campaign. Last month France’s foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian… Read more

The draft EU Deforestation Regulation was released by the European Commission in late November. Its approach is simple: ban commodities produced from deforested land. The released version has already caused significant consternation, with arguably the world’s leading trade policy journalist… Read more

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