JAKARTA New palm oil regulations being adopted by the European Union and the U.K. could put even more pressure on independent small farmers in Indonesia who are already struggling to meet sustainability requirements, new research suggests. Smallholder advocates say there needs to be greater support to help these farmers join the deforestation-free supply chain […]
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JAKARTA An independent initiative in Indonesia has mapped Indigenous lands covering an area half the size of Germany since it began in 2010, nearly a third of it in the past six months alone. In total, the Ancestral Domain Registration Agency, or BRWA by its Indonesian acronym, has demarcated 17.6 million hectares (43.5 million […]
JAKARTA Cartel practices have been blamed for a scarcity of cooking oil in the world’s top producer of palm oil but government policies seen as coddling the industry have also come under scrutiny. Households across Indonesia have since last October experienced acute shortages of cooking oil. Even when supplies have been available, prices […]