Best Management Practices in the Indonesian Palm Oil Industry: Case Studies
Daemeter launches a new publication today showcasing leading examples of good management practices by Indonesian palm oil producers. The practices illustrate ongoing efforts to manage social and environmental impacts, and demonstrate that consumers respond well to these initiatives. Companies leading these efforts enjoy myriad benefits that suggest responsible practices are…Continue reading...Feb 2014Best management practices in the Indonesian palm oil industry: Executive summary of case studies
This document comprises six case studies on palm oil sustainability in Indonesia. Each addresses an area where notable progress is being made by leading members of industry to improve the social and environmental performance of plantations and mills.Continue reading...Nov 2013Quantifying the biodiversity value of repeatedly logged rainforests: gradient and comparative approaches from Borneo
New research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity and could have a role in conservation. According to principal investigators, Dr Matthew Struebig and Anthony Turner from the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology (DICE), these findings challenge a…Continue reading...Sep 2013The Occurrence of Common Myna Acridotheres tristis and White-vented Myna A. javanicus in Kalimantan
Continue reading...The Common Myna Acridotheres tristis and White-vented Myna A. javanicus are possibly the most common introduced mynas in Southeast Asia (MacKinnon & Phillipps 1993; Robson 2008; Craig & Feare 2009). Naturally distributed from Central Asia to Southwest China, the Common Myna has been introduced to Southeast Asia and is…
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