EU-INDONESIA CHALLENGES IN RESPONDING TO PALM OIL SUSTAINIBILITY

Akbar Ramadhan (International Relations, President University)
Andi Enrico Maulana (International Relations, President University)
Angela Novahariani (International Relations, President University)
Angelia Deviana Jayanti (Verdinand Robertua Siahaan)
Gabriella Elri Tesalonika (International Relations, President University)

Sociae Polites: Majalah Ilmiah Sosial-Politik
Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021): July-December 2021

This research article aims to identify the challenges and possible solutions of sustaining palm oil between the European Union and Indonesia by means of diplomacy. Here we have discussed that the European Union with their assumption to restrict if not ban the usage of palm oil and use sunflower oil as an alternative to reduce the extensive deforestation in Indonesia. There are several possible solutions from public diplomacy to lobbying and corporate diplomacy with the purpose to gather and coordinate any type of stakeholders, hence, the lobby is to unify the movement with central leadership.