Can’t EU Farmers Compete Against Waste Products?
Claims on ‘laundered’ palm don’t stack up Over the past two weeks, the UK media has been hit with stories about palm oil making its…
Is EU Ambassador Rokas Misleading Southeast Asia?
Indonesia, Malaysia Elevate Palm at ASEAN; Presents New Challenge for Brussels, Borrell Indonesia and Malaysia have signalled they will elevate cooperation on palm oil even…
A New Problem for the EUDR: National Security and State Espionage
Indonesia’s Ambassador to Germany made a contentious point in international media recently: the EUDR may constitute a form of spying. There are two aspects to…
Brussels Faces More Backlash for EUDR, Palm Critics Threaten UK’s Global Prescence
Indonesian Ambassador: EUDR “Smacks of Colonialism” Indonesia’s Ambassador to Germany has openly asked if the EUDR constitutes a new form of colonization. The reasoning? The…
Special Investigation: The EU’s Secret Anti-Palm Programs
Palm Oil Monitor has spent months investigating a little-known project of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Union (EU). It is a…
Does FOE’s Attack on Astra Stack Up?
Nestle didn’t ‘cut ties’ with Indonesian planter Astra Agro The cited cases are complex and involve multiple claims across decades Western NGOs as usual are…
More RED Faces in Brussels?
This week the third iteration of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) moves into its next phase as the EU Parliament, Commission, and Council move…
The Deforestation Regulation Part 4: The EU’s RED Palm Ban – A Big Contradiction
EU Parliament and Belgian Minister confirm what we’ve known all along; RED is a palm oil ban EU officials remain defiant; it’s not a ban…
The Deforestation Regulation Part 3: Norway’s Reset with Jakarta – An Example for Brussels?
Norway and Indonesia signed a new MOU on forestry and agriculture emissions It follows years of controversy after Norway’s funding of political agitators in Indonesia…
The Deforestation Regulation Part 2: The Parliament Doubles Down
The Parliament’s Deforestation Regulation proposal calls for extreme measures on imports; Commodities from land that was almost 90 percent bare could be blocked; It is…
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