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RSPO suspension of Brazil palm oil exporter tied to Mongabay land-grabbing report

Karla Mendes 29 Mar 2023

Indonesia seeks to get palm oil used as jet fuel in U.S., France

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2018

RSPO should ban deforestation, say investors representing $6.7t in assets

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2018

Can Ecuador do palm oil right? Jurisdictional RSPO commitment stirs hope

Kimberley Brown 10 Aug 2018

Community vs. company: A tiny town in Ecuador battles a palm oil giant

Kimberley Brown 9 Aug 2018

‘I can’t get out’: Farmers feel the pressure as Ecuador’s palm oil sector grows

Kimberley Brown 8 Aug 2018

RSPO walks back suspension of Nestlé

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2018

New report spotlights financiers of palm oil giant clearing Liberia’s forests

Daniel Pye 17 Jul 2018

Rainforest cleared for an oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Nestlé suspended from RSPO for failing to pay dues, submit progress reports

Daniel Pye 11 Jul 2018

Palm oil firms using ‘shadow companies’ to hide their links to deforestation: report

Daniel Pye 9 Jul 2018

What’s worse than palm oil for the environment? Other vegetable oils, IUCN study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Jul 2018

As Colombia expands its palm oil sector, scientists worry about wildlife

Taran Volckhausen 21 Jun 2018

Oil palm plantations in Amazonia inhospitable to tropical forest biodiversity: Study

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2018

How Colombia became Latin America’s palm oil powerhouse

Taran Volckhausen 31 May 2018

Debate ensues over British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

Loren Bell 10 May 2018

‘Shocking and worrying’: Selective logging has big, lasting impact on fish

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Apr 2018

Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges

Daniel Pye 11 Apr 2018

Oil palm plantations’ dearth of biodiversity rubs off on nearby forests, study shows

Mongabay.com 19 Mar 2018

Bornean bearded pigs seen adapting to oil palm habitats, study finds

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Activists: Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Feb 2018

Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2018

Outrage and conspiracy claims as Indonesia, Malaysia react to EU ban on palm oil in biofuels

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jan 2018

Scientists surprised by orchid bee biodiversity near oil palm plantations

Anna Katrina Hunter 4 Jan 2018

Palm oil’s ecological footprint extends to distant forests, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Dec 2017

Colombian community leader allegedly murdered for standing up to palm oil

Taran Volckhausen 15 Dec 2017

Tropical deforestation is getting bigger, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Nov 2017

RSPO tops among certification schemes, though all must improve: report

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

‘Much deeper than we expected’: Huge peatland offers up more surprises

John Vidal 9 Nov 2017

Palm oil mounts ‘new offensive’ in Colombia while workers decry labor conditions

Bram Ebus 27 Oct 2017

Could fungi provide an alternative to palm oil?

Kimberley Brown 19 Oct 2017

Conservation leaders in Africa call for a crackdown on biopiracy

Sophie Mbugua 13 Oct 2017

‘Then they shot me’: Land conflict and murder in Ucayali, Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Oct 2017

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