Good cocoa starts with National Sustainable Curriculum (NSC)
Indonesia launched a multi-stakeholder based Cocoa National Sustainable Curriculum (NSC) production module in February to help double country’s cocoa production in Indonesia and improve farmer profitability in the next two…
Europe on its way to achieving 100% sustainable palm oil
Europe imports 69% CSPO for food. European food industry uses 60% CSPO. A new monitoring report by the European Sustainable Palm Oil (ESPO) project shows that there is a growing…
Jokowi inaugurates 4,446 ha smallholder oil palm replanting
The President of the Republic of Indonesia has inaugurated a program to replant 4,446 hectare of oil palm plantation for smallholder farmers in South Sumatra, part of the sustainable landscape…
Jambi government and IDH to collaborate on sustainable production, livelihood improvement
Jambi Provincial governor, Honorable Zumi Zola Zulkifli, and The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on improving commodity production by smallholders and plantations, and conserving…
First group of independent Oil Palm smallholder farmers in North Sumatra certified
A group of oil palm smallholder farmers were the first in North Sumatra to receive RSPO (Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil) certification. A group of oil palm smallholder farmers in…
Soy, cocoa and palm oil programs highlighted at Amsterdam Declaration conference
At the Multi Stakeholder Conference of the Amsterdam Group last week, policy-makers, international companies and civil society came together to address the link between the loss of natural forests and…
South Sumatra’s green growth plan officially launched
During the Bonn Challenge in South Sumatra on 9-10 May, the South Sumatran governor, Alex Noerdin, officially presented his provincial green growth plan to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
The Little Sustainable Landscapes Book, which was launched at the COP21 in Paris, is now available Spanish, making it available for a large audience base, primarily in Latin America, where…
Vast improvements for 15.000 shrimp and Tilapia farmers through training in environmental and disease management
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), Walmart and IDH have completed a major aquaculture training program in Asia providing thousands of shrimp and tilapia farmers with modern training designed to improve…
The landscape in the Ketapang district of West Kalimantan is under pressure from concessions for palm oil, pulp and paper, mining, and logging. IDH, Aidenvironment and Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA)…