Tag: Palm oil
Environmental damage, social conflicts overshadow Indonesia’s palm oil future
By Ratri M. Siniwi and Muham in Jakarta
Palm oil is an important commodity for Indonesia's economy, contributing US$17.8 billion, or about 12 percent, to...
HSBC accused of being ‘dirty banker’ financing palm oil forest destruction
This undercover footage by Greenpeace shows bulldozers destroying Indonesian rainforest. HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, is accused of lending millions...
Indonesia on fire, cross-boundary public health hazards
Fires in Indonesia, which burned more than 2.1 million hectares of forest and peatlands in 2015, have raged in dry seasons year on year,...
Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua
By Harun Rumbarar in Jayapura
Indigenous landowners from the Marap people in Arso in Papua's Keeron regency have this week invoked customary law to take...
Indonesia’s climate crisis: Is the world still looking away?
By India Thorogood
"Indonesia is burning - so why is the world looking away?" Late last year those words shone a small spotlight on a...
