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After the public demanded the Government improve oil palm governance, in 2011, the Government issued a certification scheme. Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) is a certification scheme from the Government that palm oil business actors must follow. ISPO underwent significant revisions after the Government issued Presidential Regulation No.44/2020 and Minister of Agriculture Regulation No.38/2020. Even so, the New ISPO still leaves problems. The effectiveness of the New ISPO has been questioned by many. Two issues make the public unsure; implementation and transparency issues. The condition is the information regarding the New ISPO for the public is minimal. In fact, as a mandatory.....
In 2020, FAO warned of the dangers of hunger due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indonesian government answered the warning from the United Nations by launching the Food Estate project. The government claims the project is a solution to the national food security problem. The government prepared all regulatory instruments to streamline this project, including putting it into the National Strategic Project (PSN), Job Creation Law, and Ministerial Regulation. .....
Buku ini menampilkan foto manusia yang diambil dengan segala kegiatan kesehariannya yang membuat mereka adalah manusia spesial. Mereka terlibat secara langsung maupun tidak langsung dalam program GEF SGP Indonesia Fase 6. Sebagiannya akan menampilkan potret (portrait) yang diharapkan bisa menampilkan ekspresi yang dapat dirasakan juga oleh pembaca buku foto ini. Namun tidak seperti kebanyakan buku foto, narasi tertulis tentang subyek foto dalam buku ini disajikan cukup lengkap. Hal ini dilakukan bukan tanpa maksud. Cerita tentang orang-orang dalam foto ini memang menjadi sangat penting untuk ditampilkan, karena memiliki teladan tentang kesederhanaan, kerja keras dan ketekunan. Beberapa bahkan memiliki perjalanan hidup yang.....
The implementation of Presidential Instruction No. 8 of 2018 concerning the Postponement and Evaluation of Permits for Oil Palm Plantations and Increasing the Productivity of Oil Palm Plantations (Inpres Moratorium Sawit) ended on 19 September 2021. However, until this writing was written, there was no clarity from the government regarding the continuation of this Presidential Instruction, whether it was officially discontinued or if it would be extended. Several mass media have interviewed and tried to find information from relevant officials from Ministries/Institutions mandated by the Presidential Instruction. However, the answers received varied, ranging from granting permits in forest areas.....
Deforestation and Deregulation analyzes the impact and effectiveness of various laws on the palm oil sector, including the Omnibus Law. Even though there were positive sides, this report also found problems and it was concluded that there is still a lot to be done to protect Indonesia's remaining forests from being converted into plantations for cash crops, especially oil palm, and to monitor the impact of the Omnibus Law...Read more on the attached document.....
Indonesia’s legal system is failing to act against timber criminals, seriously undermining the country’s top-level efforts to tackle illegal logging and deforestation.

New research by Kaoem Telapak and our partner EIA reveal that action through the courts was taken against only a handful of companies out of more than 50 proven to have either traded directly or indirectly in illegal timber......