Press Release: Precedent-setting land deal in palm oil expansion zone in...
21 March, 2011 PONTIANAK - A new oil palm plantation being developed in Indonesian Borneo (West Kalimantan) has relinquished community lands to which it had gained a government permit. The company PT...
View ArticlePrecedent-setting land deal in palm oil expansion zone in Borneo
14 April, 2011 A new oil palm plantation being developed in Indonesian Borneo (West Kalimantan) has relinquished community lands to which it had gained a government permit. The company PT Agro...
View ArticleForest Peoples Programme's and allies' letter to International Finance...
Forest Peoples Programme, SawitWatch, HuMa, Yayasan SETARA, Community Alliance for Pulp Paper Advocacy, Institut Manua Punjung, `Ulu Foundation, Lembaga Gemawan, Jaringan Kerja Pemetaan Partisipatif...
View ArticleResponse from International Finance Corporation Compliance Advisory Ombudsman...
Meg Taylor, Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, CAO 17 November, 2011Click here to read the CAO ResponseCAO Response - English (0.5 MB)RELATED CONTENTForest Peoples Programme's and allies' letter to...
View ArticleCordaid partners' new publication - Biofuel Partnerships: from battleground...
Funder (Honduras), SNV (Honduras), Agroenhsa (Honduras), Repórter Brasil (Brazil), Lembaga Gemawan (Indonesia), AFRIM (The Philippines), Cordaid (The Netherlands), Wageningen University and Research...
View ArticleFree, Prior and Informed Consent and the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil:...
15 October, 2012The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria establishes how equitable agreements between local...
View ArticleFPP E-Newsletter October 2012 (PDF Version)
FPP 15 October, 2012Dear Friends,Building a global consensus on how to make the world a better place is hard work. That indigenous peoples now have a voice in global decision-making processes is...
View ArticleNew briefing: Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the RSPO; Are the...
Forest Peoples Programme SawitWatch 29 October, 2012This briefing, launched on the occasion of the 10th Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT10), draws together the key findings of fourteen studies...
View ArticleThe World Bank’s Palm Oil Policy
29 April, 2013In 2011, the World Bank Group (WBG) adopted a Framework and Strategy for investment in the palm oil sector. The new approach was adopted on the instructions of former World Bank President...
View ArticleConflict or Consent? The oil palm sector at a crossroads
FPP, Sawit Watch and TUK Indonesia 7 November, 2013Click here to read related PRESS RELEASE.Read this report in English or in Bahasa Indonesia. Growing global demand for palm oil is fuelling the...
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