The following is a statement from Pierre Bois d’Enghien, co-host of Palm Oil Monitor, agronomist and environmental expert, on UK Lord Randall and WWF’s comments in The Times UK that Indonesia has weakened their rules on protecting forests since the… Read more

Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the Government of Indonesia will terminate its agreement with Norway on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (“REDD”), just months after posting its lowest deforestation on record. The move came after Norway continued… Read more

The Jakarta Post has highlighted activities being undertaken by smallholder farmers in Jambi to further the education of local school children. Smallholder farmers in the West Tanjung Jabung region are operating under a group certification model. Using additional certification credit… Read more

WWF appears to have gone out of its way to discredit Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification in a new report. The report – ‘Due Negligence’ – is an attempt to lobby and influence UK DEFRA into making its forest… Read more