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Germany recently announced it would phase out palm oil based biofuels in 2023. Environment Minister Svenja Schulze justified this decision by indicating “For biofuels to be produced it is not acceptable to cut down woods, to dry up moorland and… Read more Read More

The UK sticks to legality Two significant developments took place last week. The first was that the UK moved closer to a legality standard for preventing commodity imports associated with illegal deforestation. The second was that some details of the… Read more Read More

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 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 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 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 Read More

In a wide-ranging interview with Food Navigator, co-host of Palm Oil Monitor Khalil Hegarty posits that the likelihood of a ‘price premium’ for certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) is dead. Hegarty makes this reflection based on the realization that Western… Read more Read More

The Norwegian Government has announced its funding allocations for the next iteration of the Norwegian International Climate Forest Initiative (NICFI). NICFI funding has been the source of considerable controversy in Indonesia and around the world because of Norway’s funding of… Read more Read More