Voluntary labelling and certification schemes have become increasingly used in global agro-
food chains. They primarily aim at enhancing the sustainability of agricultural production …

Processes of globalization have generated new opportunities for smallholders to participate
in profitable global agro-commodity markets. This participation however is increasingly …

Smallholders, who cultivate±30% of the global palm oil land, are critical to the realization of
a sustainable palm oil sector. However, particularly independent smallholders, untied to …

Palm oil is the world's most traded vegetable oil: in August 2012, the share of palm oil (in‐-
cluding kernel oil) in world supply was 37.6%[1]. Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of the oil …

Indonesia experienced massive deforestation in the last decades where rapid oil palm
expansion has been considered as one of the main drivers. This article shows that the …

CONTEXT Palm oil production has increased mostly via area expansion rather than yield
increase. Increasing yields on existing plantation area, together with the proper regulatory …

Oil palm is rapidly expanding in Southeast Asia and represents one of the major drivers of
deforestation in the region. This includes both industrial-scale and smallholder plantations …

Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil, and its smallholder oil palm plantations
involve more than 2.3 million farmers. The rapid expansion of the oil palm area, and …

Oil palm and biodiversity Page 1 Oil palm and biodiversity A situation analysis by the IUCN Oil
Palm Task Force INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Meijaard, E …

In agricultural commodity chains, companies with sizeable market shares are stepping up
sustainability commitments through so-called 'No Deforestation, No Peat, No …