palm oil
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New map helps track palm-oil supply chains in Borneo
In 2013, a number of major palm-oil buyers, traders and producers promised to stop clearing natural forests. The global multi-billion-dollar…
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Financing farmers: Can funds for oil palm help save our forests?
Palm oil: people love it, hate it or maybe just use it without even knowing. The controversial vegetable oil is…
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Fire and haze: Better business practices
The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large…
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Making peat a priority
This week the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, IUFRO, is holding its 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO…
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The long and winding road to sustainable palm oil
The polemic around the expansion of oil palm plantations in the tropics continues, and increasingly involves consumers concerned with sustainability.…
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Progress and preservation – a dichotomous struggle
First came the timber companies and then the rubber and oil palm plantations. During the last three decades, forests on…
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In complex palm industry, “certified sustainable” falls short
As global demand for palm oil has grown in recent years, so has consumer concern over deforestation caused by expanding…
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Voices of women in palm oil
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, CIFOR and partners held a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on ‘Governing oil palm…
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Leveraging finance to support solutions for smallholders
This article is part of a special lead up series leading up to the Global Landscapes Forum 2016 – The…
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What will it take to make sustainable palm oil the norm?
Most people want to do the right thing in life. But sometimes doing what’s right can be costly or inconvenient.…
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Why ‘zero deforestation’ is only one piece of the sustainability puzzle
In the midst of efforts to achieve ‘zero deforestation’, it’s important to remember that halting deforestation is not just about…
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Political economy of fire and haze: Moving to long-term solutions
Fifty years ago, Indonesia was rich with pristine forest. And then – boom! Between 1980 and 2000 – a timber…
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Innovation expert: Ingredients for landscape success are here—and they’re working
LIMA, Peru—Early successes in Brazil and Indonesia are proof positive that low-emissions sustainable development is practicable, according to a land-use…
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State of sustainability: For three forest-based commodities, ‘a long way to go’
BOGOR, Indonesia—With climate changing and populations growing, the demand for forest-based commodities has never been greater. Ensuring the sustainability of…
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Oil palm: A visual story
Palm oil can be produced without deforestation, according to a book newly translated to English published by the Center for…
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