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Members of Synaparcam, an association of communities affected by Socapalm holding a banner reading "YES to the respect of community rights" in French. Image courtesy Thierry Didier Kuicheu

Bolloré blacklisted over alleged rights violations on plantations in Africa and Asia

Victoria Schneider 29 Sep 2023

Sumatran province hangs on for late rain as El Niño fires bring heat and sickness

Mongabay Haze Beat 28 Sep 2023
A farmer holds green vegetables in his farm.

Salinity hinders Bangladesh agriculture; groups respond with seeds & information

Abu Siddique 28 Sep 2023

Experts slam massive ‘discount’ in fines for Indonesian palm oil billionaire

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Sep 2023
Tractor and trailer with oil palm seedlings on a Wilmar plantation in Cross River state, Nigeria. Image by Rettet van Regenwald via Flickr (CC BY--NC-ND 2.0)

10 years after land grab, local Nigerian farmers continue fight against palm oil producer

Orji Sunday 22 Sep 2023

Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Sep 2023
Cattle in Pará state.

EU bill and new green policies spur progress on Brazil’s cattle tracking

André Schröder 21 Sep 2023
Coffee growers in Vietnam

EU deforestation-free rule ‘highly challenging’ for SE Asia smallholders, experts say

Carolyn Cowan 20 Sep 2023
Plantation workers loading oil palm fruit off a truck in Sabah, Malaysia.

Group certification helps Malaysia’s Sabah aim for palm oil sustainability

Louise Hunt 19 Sep 2023

El Niño leads to more fires and toxic air pollution in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Sep 2023

Kellogg’s latest to freeze Indonesian supplier over palm oil violations

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Sep 2023

Can agroforestry chocolate help save the world’s most endangered rainforest?

Liz Kimbrough 12 Sep 2023

Indonesian regulator gets 12 years’ jail for palm oil permit bribery

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2023

Court ruling spares Papua forest from further clearing for palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Sep 2023

Agro giant Cargill tied to deforestation in Bolivia’s Chiquitano forest

Maxwell Radwin 11 Sep 2023
In July 2021, the commercial propagation permit for Malusog Rice was granted, paving the way for its pilot-scale deployment in several provinces a year later.

Is the genetically modified, nutrient-rich Golden Rice as safe as promised?

Keith Anthony Fabro 11 Sep 2023

Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2023
A rancher herds cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

How the Amazon’s ‘greatest devastator’ sold cattle to a Carrefour supplier 

Marina Rossi, Daniel Camargos, Hyury Potter 29 Aug 2023

Indonesia permit payoff raises alarm about palm oil industry corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Aug 2023

Elephants invade as habitat loss soars in Nigerian forest reserve

Orji Sunday 21 Aug 2023
Tires by the road.

Rolling car tires into the global circular economy

Sean Mowbray 21 Aug 2023
An orange-furred bat (Hipposideros fuliginosus) with dark grey wings being held up in the light against a dark background. Image courtesy of Diogo Ferreira.

Study: Tall trees and shade boost bat diversity on Africa’s cocoa farms

Sean Mowbray 17 Aug 2023

Palm oil, pulpwood firms not doing enough to prevent peat fires, analysis shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Aug 2023
A local community member who works at an oil palm plantation in Liberia pushing a cart of the harvest.

Investigation confirms most allegations against plantation operator Socfin

Victoria Schneider 11 Aug 2023

Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’

Karla Mendes 11 Aug 2023
A farmer in a rice paddy field.

Bali rice experiment cuts greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields

Claire Turrell 11 Aug 2023
Indigenous activists demand justice after five from their communities were shot.

Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’

Karla Mendes 9 Aug 2023
A worker fertilizing on oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia.

New farmers foundation supports deforestation-free products in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Aug 2023
Along the Via Auca, it is common to find patches of deforested land that will later be planted with agricultural or agroforestry crops.

Oil palm and balsa plantations trigger deforestation in Ecuadorian Amazon

Ana Cristina Alvarado 8 Aug 2023

‘Sustainability is a continuous journey’: Q&A with RSPO’s Joseph D’Cruz

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2023

Oil palms may be magnet for macaques, boars, at expense of other biodiversity

Carolyn Cowan 7 Aug 2023
A stream in a forest in Jambi.

In Sumatra’s Jambi, community forest managers fish to protect peatlands

Lili Rambe 2 Aug 2023

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