Our work in Asia

Sustainable, just and inclusive commodity production

AidEnvironment’s work in Asia combines on-the-ground insight, supply chain intelligence, nature-based solutions and a holistic landscape approach for sustainable and inclusive commodity production. In Indonesia, our work has mainly focused on the palm oil sector, the industrial tree (HTI) sector and social forestry areas. We also work with governments, civil society and different stakeholders to implement projects on landscape conservation, regenerative agriculture and water management. In India and the Philippines, we work closely with farmers and local value chains to improve livelihoods while restoring ecosystems.
We connect our work with the Sustainable Development Goals to make a contribution to these goals and make visible that these local activities add to our common global goals.

Our results in the region

20.7 mln

hectares of land area monitored for deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea - known as the most complete database of concessions

66,000

hectares of land area with expanded implementation of social forestry policies as a result of AidEnvironment's work with governments, communities and NGOs

Our work

In the spotlight

Land // 02.10.20

“Going Bananas” to restore productivity and food security in the Philippines

With our partners Treelife, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the Municipality of Carmen, and the University of Southern Mindanao in the Philippines, Aidenvironment has started work on an RVO-funded SDGP program on integrated water and agricultural value chains called “Going Bananas.” Shifting from unsustainable annual crops that lead to high erosion and water runoff toward an inclusive, profitable organic […]

Growing Together: Sustainable Farming in the Heart of Carmen

In this article, our Executive Director shares her reflections, insights, and firsthand experience from her recent trip to the Carmen region in the Philippines, where she witnessed the challenges and successes of our collaborative efforts with local farmers on the Going Bananas project. By Anna Shoemakers, Executive Director. Visiting the region of Carmen, where our collaboration with local farmers on […]

Banking on palm oil in Southeast Asia

A new report by Aidenvironment’s partner Gulzhan Musaeva examines the exploitation of land resources by the palm oil sector and the role of banking institutions in this process. The report focuses on the two leading producing nations of Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia, and neighbouring Singapore. The biggest local financiers — whose exposure to forest-risk sectors is among the highest in the world — […]