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Have I given big deforesters a ‘pass’ in audits?

Palm Oil Detective’s spins are sometimes clever – Athena is a trained spin doctor after all – but more often crude and libellous. Athena’s claims about me are similarly crude and libellous, and provide a damning peek into a very sick mind. ‘Bart Van Assen, former lead auditor for @RSPOtweets and @FSC_IC who has given big deforesters a ‘pass’ in audits‘ (archive)Dennis, 2022…

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A conspiracy theory as crude as Athena’s many typos

‘BSI, a company that conducts audits for the RSPO is listed as a corporate partner of Orangutan Land Trust at the same time as Kulim was their corporate partner. BSI approved the certification of Kulim Malaysia Berhad as ‘sustainable’. Bart Van Assen, Technical Advisor for Orangutan Land Trust was conducting audits of palm oil companies at the same time.‘ (archive)Dennis, 2021…

Als hij kon toveren was niemand de sigaar

Afgelopen Vrijdag publiceerde Duurzaam Nederland een welhaast neocoloniaal stukje over de ontbossing in Indonesië onder de kop ‘Tien palmolie-concessies in Indonesië hebben in 2022 al 8.100 hectare bos en veen gekapt‘. Daarin krijgt Marcel van Wing het hoogste woord, iemand zonder enige praktische kennis van natuurbeheer en oliepalmteelt in Indonesië. Marcel kraamt dan ook volslagen onzin uit,…

A series of vague guiding principles govern members in the RSPO?

One of the many shallow spins Athena uses is her contorted argument that RSPO’s principles “for growers to be RSPO certified” (emphasis added; see top right image) “govern members in the RSPO” (emphasis added; web archive) and are vague. As always, her fallacious argument is very easy to debunk: Athena’s image is severely outdated, taken from a decade old standard. This standard was revised in…

A mother and baby are rescued from an RSPO certified palm oil plantation (mirror) Dennis, 2021 (ContentCatnip/CreativeAthena/PalmOilDetectives) Athena systematically banks on ambiguity for her black-washing. An excellent example of this is her false narrative about the link between the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Sisirau (an oil palm plantation in North Sumatra, Indonesia).…

Comparative Analysis of Vegetable Oils and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Honored to present the findings of our 2021 study on the impacts of 20 vegetable oils on various SDGs at the 8th Cross Sector Social Interactions Symposium by Wageningen University and Research this 22-24 June 2022. Abstract The 2030 Agenda consisting of 17 goals has been adopted by the United Nations. Since its adoption in 2015, an important question was raised by the policymaker and…

De Lekkerbek is our family’s hobby horse, a future house/resto overlooking three hectares of (recently planted) durian estate. Well away from the main road connecting Cijeruk and Cipelang (just south of Bogor City, West-Java), De Lekkerbek is located on Gunung Salak (Snakefruit Mountain) with majestic views of Gunung Pangrango‘s foothills. The sunrises from the top terrace are worth an early…

My colleagues at Orangutan Land Trust forwarded me the hilarious tweet that tries to body-shame me (right). If all it takes for a bunch of poor tweeps to get excited, is sharing a silly photograph of me, then I’m all for it! I’ll even throw in the photo of me in a dress (below). That’ll get them salivating like a bunch of rabid dogs. BogorHHH Run #1217 (Fool Moon Run) The photograph above was…

Bucket List 2022: Onbashira Festival

Quite useful about the importance of forest-related data collection, analysis and dissemination in meeting the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requirements of the Paris Agreement. A bit of a challenge to share thoughts with over 1600 participants in this course, but well worth it! Learn more about this course here.

Dissemination of Studies on the Achievement of SDGs by Vegetable Oils

More info soon?

Berbagi Bersama Masyarakat: Sertifikasi Pengelolaan Hutan Lestari

An online seminar by the Indonesian Forestry Certification Cooperation (IFCC-KSK).

Managing Knowledge in Peatland Communities to Restore and Prevent Fire

Quite an interesting Zoominar by “Gambut Kita”. More info coming soon?

Palm Oil Gate: @knowmiun/@knowmium (Twitter)

#PalmOilGate is a series of investigative posts about the fake claims online that attack proponents of sustainability initiatives, including the Forest Stewardship Council and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. The strengths and weaknesses of the voluntary standards by these initiatives are well covered by science. However, various online accounts are used to polarise the public perception…

On Sunday, March 28th the BHHH runners were in for a full moon run at Bogota. The run was scheduled to start at 7 PM but unfortunately, there were a lot of late runners this time. The circle started and #Caveman was the standing master. #Fartacus entered the circle and gave us the details of the run for both the long and short runners. It wasn’t long until all the runners arrived and ready to…