Stories: Project POTICO: Sustainable Palm Oil on Low Carbon Degraded Land

A summary of key elements, and unanswered questions, in Indonesia’s recent moratorium on new forest permits.

This piece originally appeared in the Washington Post Environmental Leadership supplement on April 20, 2011, and is reposted with permission.

A highly anticipated two-year moratorium on new forest conversion permits could bring fundamental improvements to forest and land management in Indonesia.

The World Bank Group should aim to achieve and measure poverty reduction, not palm oil investments.

2010 was a significant year for global efforts to tackle illegal logging. Here’s a look back on some of that progress.

The following interview with Craig Hanson and Moray McLeish was conducted and compiled by Jeremy Hance and Rhett A. Butler for mongabay.com and is reposted with permission. Read the entire piece here on the Mongabay website.

Expanding agriculture onto already degraded lands could relieve pressure on the world’s remaining forests.

Enabling tropical countries to boost their economies and feed global populations whi

Common data and clear definitions will enable the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and REDD+ policy-makers to achieve a shared goal: sustainable oil palm expansion on degraded land in Indonesia.