… to end deforestation, development of peat lands and exploitation of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the … Indonesia. Forty percent of Indonesia’s palm oil was grown by an estimated 3.5 million smallholder farmers. With government support, Indonesia had established infrastructure to … plantation companies had violated traditional land rights. Indonesian land-use laws were ambiguous and land ownership unmapped. This indeterminate state of affairs had led to …
… oil, it is in our cookies, our shampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a … air quality, displacing wildlife, and leading experts to assert that Indonesia was now a bigger contributor to climate change than the U.S. Palm oil development is also happening … plant's distinctly local effects are also important. Ecosystems and communities face major changeswith palm oil expansion. Introducing and maintaining plantation systems has altered …
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… local landowners, as well as forest industry and conservation professionals. The results indicate that residents attribute monetary value to nonmarket forest goods and … private forestland is $24.84 per year. Average premium for local forest products is 11.5%, with amounts varying across furniture, lumber, honey, maple syrup and Christmas trees. … Forest ecosystem services and their markets (7/14/2012) Wildlife habitat management for the small private landowner (9/15/2012) Band saw mill and horse logging workshop (2/18/2013) …
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… campaign took off in 2010, when the organization targeted a GAR customer, Nestlé, with a report and a provocative video that went viral on social media sites. Nestlé quickly … was an important economic lever in rural development. To better accommodate the interest of small palm oil farmers, the Indonesian government created its own certification … set aside land for conservation, since they wanted to maximize opportunities for small farmers. On the other hand, many communities had been in conflict with the companies …
… times, growers have little incentive to improve their operation – they have minor contact with the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops get translated into the … occasionally eye-popping premiums for their beans. As yet, specialty coffee represented a small sliver of the overall market and there were other signs that it might not ever grow beyond a small circle. New trends like coffee-based drinks and single-portion coffee in pods (e.g. …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first three-and-a-half years on the … wind turbines, Tanti discovered that wind energy was an even better business than textiles. Within six years of its incorporation, Suzlon had become the dominant player in the Indian … but had designs on moving into the top three. Pedersen, therefore, was faced with the challenge of finding additional markets to fuel the company’s continued growth. Equity and …