A historic area of the Malay enclave of Kampong Bharu in Kuala Lumpur has been razed to the ground. The old stage and the houses around it have been demolished to make way […]
Bulldozers raze historic area of Kuala Lumpur
Palm oil conference delegates call for sustainability action from governments, buyers, and producers
Delegates meeting at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) annual gathering in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur have called on governments to do more to ensure that forests are protected from […]
NGOs meet to discuss worker exploitation on oil palm plantations
Worker exploitation and human rights abuses in the palm oil industry were the focus of a special workshop held in Kuala Lumpur this week. Trades union and human rights organisations from Malaysia […]
Gandhi statue unveiled in Brisbane
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi during the G20 summit in Brisbane. Only invited guests and the media were allowed to attend the unveiling at Roma […]
G20 protesters march through Brisbane
As the leaders of the G20 countries met behind the Brisbane barricades, thousands of demonstrators marched through the sweltering and otherwise virtually deserted streets. Chanting “Genocidal 20”, the protesters walked from Roma […]
Forest pledges multiply as palm oil companies respond to clean-up demands
Deforestation in Indonesia (Photo by Roni Bintang) The number of multinational companies that say they are committed to supplying and using only deforestation-free palm oil is growing fast. More than twenty global […]
Scientists announce koala vaccine breakthrough
Scientists in Australia announced today that they have conducted the first successful field trial of a vaccine against chlamydia in koalas. Chlamydia is a main cause of koala deaths. It can cause […]
Palm oil company director sentenced to jail for illegal forest clearance in Indonesia
Tripa burning in 2012; photo by Carlos Quiles. The director of the Indonesian palm oil company PT Kallista Alam, Subianto Rusyid, has been found guilty of illegally clearing peat forest in Aceh, […]
Australian legislators aim to gag animal rights activists
Ag-gag laws that hinder or gag animal protection activists are becoming increasingly widespread in the United States and there are moves in Australia to start a similar crack-down. Several Australian politicians have […]
UNESCO to debate endangered listing for Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO is set to debate whether Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as endangered. Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee, which begins in Doha, Qatar, on June […]
Concerned scientists urge action on Monsanto superweeds
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is calling for action to halt the devastation being caused by herbicide-resistant superweeds. The union, based in the United States, is urging Congress and the US […]
New palm oil sustainability scorecard
A new scorecard that ranks the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food, and personal care sectors shows that 24 of them have inadequate commitments […]
Donuts, deodorants, and deforestation
Updated article A new scorecard that ranks the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food, and personal care sectors shows that 24 of them have […]
Fast food companies score worst on palm oil sourcing
The US-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has analysed the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food, and personal care sectors and found that 24 […]
ARTICLE UPDATE
I’ve updated my article on the “Save the Great Barrier Reef” legal challenge to add information about the withdrawal of the construction company Lend Lease from the Abbot Point coal port project, […]
Legal challenge launched to protect Great Barrier Reef from dredge dumping
Photo © Darren Jew / Greenpeace Lawyers for the North Queensland Conservation Council have filed an application to challenge the decision to allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge […]
ARTICLE UPDATE
I have updated my article on Procter & Gamble to add a comment from the company. There are also now additional photos from Greenpeace at the end of the article. Readers can […]
Greenpeace urges Procter & Gamble to clean up its palm oil supply chain
Greenpeace International has launched a new petition calling on the multi-national company Procter & Gamble to clean up its supply chain and manufacture only forest-friendly products. According to Greenpeace, Procter & Gamble […]
Activists commend Kellogg, but urge swift action on palm oil
The US-based Rainforest Action Network has welcomed the new sustainable palm oil commitment made by the food manufacturing company Kellogg, but says fast implementation is needed “to eliminate conflict palm oil from […]
Kellogg makes new sustainable palm oil commitment
The multinational food manufacturing company Kellogg has made a commitment to only buy palm oil that is fully traceable and has been produced in an “environmentally responsible manner”. It says its suppliers […]
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