Indonesian Palm Oil News

Death of Umi sparks concern over electric threat to Sumatran elephants

Teguh Suprayitno 12 Jun 2024

Malaysian palm oil companies say their concession maps are state secrets

Mongabay.com 6 May 2016

Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2016

How effective will Indonesia’s palm oil permit freeze really be?

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 May 2016

Jokowi bans new oil palm and mining concessions

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 16 Apr 2016

Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courts

Laurel Neme 13 Apr 2016

Study finds link between RSPO certification and profitability for palm oil companies

Pek Shibao 11 Apr 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant loses 7 more customers over RSPO suspension

Mongabay.com 11 Apr 2016

Companies asked to pitch in to Indonesia’s peat restoration drive as early fires flare in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Apr 2016

New study finds insufficient degraded land for further strong oil palm expansion in Kalimantan

Azarja Harmanny 5 Apr 2016

Unilever, Kellogg, Mars drop palm oil giant IOI over RSPO suspension

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2016

DiCaprio won’t be deported over palm oil comments: Indonesian minister

Mongabay.com 4 Apr 2016

DiCaprio accused of running ‘black campaign’ against Indonesian palm oil

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival

Laurel Neme 30 Mar 2016

Orangutan refugees: weighing when to rescue the apes

Melati Kaye 30 Mar 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio poses with elephants in Indonesia’s embattled Leuser rainforest

Mongabay.com 29 Mar 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2016

France imposes new palm oil tax; Indonesia, Malaysia protest

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s oil palm maps remain hidden from public view. Why?

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

Oil palm plantations need to protect orangutans (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 22 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016

Illegal encroachment for palm oil production in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian palm oil giant joins no-deforestation pledge amid criticism from politicians

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2016

Aceh citizens ask governor to keep bulldozers out of a crucial rainforest

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Feb 2016

Is this Malaysian palm oil firm still destroying forest in Borneo — and selling to Wilmar?

Jonathan Vit 9 Feb 2016

How can banks spur the palm oil industry toward sustainability?

Pek Shibao 8 Feb 2016

How are NGOs innovating to reach palm oil financiers and companies?

Pek Shibao 4 Feb 2016

Human-wildlife conflicts could potentially be reduced with the introduction of fully certified palm oil for Sabah. Photo shows an elephant stranded in a smallholder’s farm. Photo and caption courtesy of LEAP.

Do poor environmental practices affect palm oil firms’ bottom lines on a scale meaningful for investors and financiers?

Pek Shibao 1 Feb 2016

What’s preventing palm oil investors from going green?

Pek Shibao 28 Jan 2016

Do palm oil financiers care about sustainability?

Pek Shibao 26 Jan 2016

Aceh citizens sue government to save Leuser Ecosystem

Cory Rogers 22 Jan 2016

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