Deforestation

August 9th is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, so it’s an appropriate moment to reflect on how the 2014 theme “Bridging the gap:  Implementing the rights of indigenous peoples” relates to the forests and climate change agenda.

Can extraction of petroleum resources in a high biodiversity rainforest be sustainable?

On July 9th some 140 million Indonesians went to the polls to vote for a new President.  It was only the country’s third direct presidential election, and certainly the closest, with two very different candidates.  Each declared victory based on competing exit polls but at the urging...

Six months ago, I welcomed the announcement that Wilmar International – the world’s largest trader of palm oil – had pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain.