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President Joko Widodo’s peatland ban ‘sets the bar’ for action on climate change
Greenpeace welcomes a new Indonesian government policy immediately banning clearance and exploitation of peatland across Indonesia, and requiring drainage canals to be blocked to raise groundwater levels close to the peat surface, to avoid peat fires.
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Statement of Greenpeace Southeast Asia on the climate plans of the oil majors ahead of UN summit
The climate plans that will be released today by the oil majors – Shell, BP, BG Group, Saudi Aramco, Sinopec, Pemex, Total, and ENI - make a mockery of the global efforts to address climate change.
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Research from Harvard reveals health impacts of Indonesia’s coal plants
Existing coal plants in Indonesia cause an estimated 7,100 premature deaths every year according to research by Harvard University and Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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Comment on progress by Golden Agri Resources Ltd in implementing their Forest Conservation Policy
GAR announced a Forest Conservation Policy that aims to protect forests and peatlands in its estates, but does its implementation live up?
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The World Bank must stop support for coal in Indonesia
Activists are calling on the World Bank to heed its own advice and follow a clear pathway to low-carbon development – starting with its own energy sector operations.
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3M, banks pressure APRIL over deforestation
Singapore-based pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL) and its parent group, Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) are under pressure after “Post-It Notes” maker 3M became the latest company to suspend purchases from RGE because of the group’s ongoing destruction of Indonesian rainforests.
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Sime Darby must match New Britain Palm Oil’s Progress
The completed purchase of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd puts buyer Sime Darby Plantations on the spot: will it match NBPOL’s responsible palm oil practices on the ground, in particular by adopting a comprehensive forest conservation policy across its entire supply chain?
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Playing with fire: Why I want to stop the haze
So what does haze feel like in Singapore?
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Steering Group established to oversee the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach for implementing ‘No Deforestation’ commitments
A group of leading plantation companies with commitments to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, NGOs and technical support organisations met on 25th and 26th August in Singapore to establish a governance and standardisation body for the methodology, known as the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach, to be used to implement these commitments.
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Energy and water security for a robust, green economy
This year’s World Water Day theme addresses the critical dependencies between water and energy usage, also known as the “water-energy nexus.”
