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Prices and Deforestation: WSJ Misses the Real Story

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
The Wall Street Journal – which is for the most part a bastion of data-based reporting aimed at markets – has joined the ranks of fake reporting on pam oil. Their most recent piece, Soaring Demand for Palm Oil Puts… Read more Read More
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RSPO and Human Rights: Late to the Party?

Posted on May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
RSPO is pushing out its credentials on human rights and labour rights, but it’s apparent that the organisation has come to the party a little late as the global debate has ramped up. As we have argued in the past,… Read more Read More
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Decoding Indonesia’s Palm Export Ban

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
The most significant story that has emerged from Indonesia this month is the possible export ban on palm oil. The announcement resulted in an additional price spike across global oil vegetable markets on the weekend before prices dropped below last… Read more Read More
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‘King Richard’s palm hypocrisy gets slapped

Posted on March 31, 2022April 4, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
Richard Walker, the UK supermarket heir who famously excluded palm oil from his retail chain in 2018, has had to walk back and reinstate palm oil in his supply chains. Just to remind: In 2018, Walker undertook a joint marketing… Read more Read More
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Is Europe’s Trade Agenda Tanking in ASEAN?

Posted on March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
Did Trevelyan succeed in Jakarta? UK Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan visited Jakarta last month with one primary purpose: salvage the Indonesia-UK roadmap. Sources had indicated that the roadmap had hit some bumps; Indonesia was seeking full recognition for its sustainability… Read more Read More
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UK-Indonesia: A Roadmap to Nowhere?

Posted on February 13, 2022February 14, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
The UK and Indonesia were set to issue a new pact – known loosely as the Indonesia UK Roadmap – earlier this month. Sources indicate that the signing has effectively stalled. Given how much stock the UK had put into… Read more Read More
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Politico’s Europe Arm Takes the Greenpeace Bait Hook, Line, and Sinker

Posted on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
Politico’s EU office appears to have fallen for the NGO line on the EU’s new deforestation regulation. In an article from late December by Leonie Kijewski, Politico EU effectively ran Greenpeace talking points on the EU regulation with zero criticism… Read more Read More
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Jokowi Revokes 3 million ha of Forestry Permits; NGOs Ignore the Good News

Posted on January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 by Palm Oil Monitor
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 Read More
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Jokowi Calls out France; Malaysia’s Responsible Employment Charter Announcement

Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 by Palm Oil Monitor
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 Read More
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EU Deforestation Regulation: Can We Expect a Trade War?

Posted on December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 by Palm Oil Monitor
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 Read More
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