“Defeatism is as much of a threat as climate denial”

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“The outgoing Widodo administration neglected Indigenous land rights in favour of development. The incoming Prabowo administration needs to resolve this issue before such abuse becomes even more widespread.”
eco-business.com/opinion/amid-i…

Nothing to see here.

Just a wild male #orangutan recently travelling through the jungle in West Borneo ❤️

kompasiana.com/pit_kanisius/6… #deforestation

Deforestation-free regulation is noble, and it will not exclude smallholders, except for those companies that want to exclude smallholders.

Looking for signs of muscle. Where are they after the tonnes of weight I lifted.
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Australia asks EU to delay compliance on deforestation law: “'I have requested that the EU Commissioner delay its implementation until all requirements are fully understood…' What is not yet understood Senator Murray Watt? The EUDR has been publicly consulted on since 2020. I myself

“Diverse drivers have triggered companies to adopt Zero Deforestation Commitments (ZDCs), but most are external drivers. Organizational change following ZDCs has taken place within companies but only to a limited extent.”

It was a pleasure to support the team to co-author this

Dirty Sugar

Two million hectares of sugarcane plantations will be developed in #Papua , Indonesia.

How much forest will be destroyed as a result?

Wilmar Group is reportedly one of the investors - isn't this group committed to #deforestation free?
mongabay.co.id/2024/05/06/per…

Currently, six of the eight top beef exporting countries – Brazil, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Canada and Uruguay have national beef #traceability requirements, while only two, the U.S. and India, do not.

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The substitution effect: As #climatechange makes coffee beans harder to grow, and more expensive, consumers will switch to cheaper and plentiful alterna-brews. And #coffee may just be the beginning.

What’s next?

wsj.com/arts-culture/f…

How to f the planet.

“The risk of deforestation within the palm oil industry has been [partly] attributed to the steep increase in the number of crude palm oil mills, which have been built without proper permits and adequate supply.”

Who built and own them?

thejakartapost.com/opinion/2024/0…

Nothing to see here.

Just a wild male #orangutan recently travelling through the jungle in West Borneo ❤️

kompasiana.com/pit_kanisius/6… #deforestation

In the preparatory meeting - happy to support High Carbon Stock Approach to officially launch the Deforestation Free Toolkit for Indonesian smallholders together with Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) Farmers 4 Forest.

Depth training after covid and flu shots in each arm and blood drawn - not fun.

Oil palm plantations can impact hydrological processes in many tropical watersheds, increased surface runoff by 21%, and sediment yields rose by 16.9% in the watershed. Mean annual total nitrogen increased by 78% and total phosphorous by 144% after the plantations' establishment.

“From 2001 to 2019, 870,000 hectares of primary forest have been converted to oil palm plantations in Indonesia. The total estimated carbon stock lost is 104 million tonnes, equivalent to 382 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.' bisnis.tempo.co/read/1863121/g…