Deforestation

APP Group pledges US$30 million a year to restore 1 million hectares of Indonesia’s rainforests 

It also unveils its new Forest Positive Policy, a more rigorous and structured framework for sustainability

Malaysia is currently classified by the European Union as a “standard risk” country under its new Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), alongside Indonesia and Brazil.

Malaysia makes contingency plans for agriculture exports under EU deforestation rules

The four “high risk” nations – Belarus, Myanmar, Russia and North Korea – face the strictest compliance checks

Global palm oil production has expanded over the past decade, accounting for 60 per cent of world vegetable oil exports.

Nestle, P&G investigate palm oil sourcing after green group’s Indonesia deforestation report

CONSUMER brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble (P&G) said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an illegally cleared wildlife reserve in Indonesi...

Globally, 6.4 million hectares of forest were lost in 2023, and targets to reduce deforestation were missed in almost all tropical regions, according to the 2024 Forest Declaration Assessment.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Once our primary forests are gone, they’re gone forever

AT THE 2021 United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, 145 nations made a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030. Almost three years later, the call for transformativ...