Recent news on Indonesian forest crimes, and related developments on NGO activities, company and government actions, changes to environmental rules, lawsuits and acquittals. Also features press releases and blog posts.
19 Feb 2015 / EoF News
Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,
Fires hotspots still haunt Riau province as in recent week there were 114 fire hotspots that analyzed by Eyes on the Forest based on NASA Firms EOSDIS Data, and Bengkalis...
18 Feb 2015 / EoF News
Lack of governance, Pulp & paper,
A recent report highlighting gap on timber supply sustainability found that estimated 30 percent of wood used by Indonesia’s industrial forestry sector comes from...
12 Feb 2015 / EoF News
Eyes on the Forest analyzed that 290 fires hotspots accumulatively detected in period of 11 January - 11 February 2015 where Bengkalis district has got 160 of it, the...
05 Feb 2015 / EoF Press Release
Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
Two years after Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) announced a new “forest conservation” policy, APP’s pledge to halt forest clearing has held, but its forests are still...
28 Jan 2015 / EoF Press Release
Kalimantan, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,
On the first anniversary of APRIL’s “Sustainable Forest Management Policy”, Eyes on the Forest, Gapeta Borneo and RPHK call on APRIL to stop natural forest...
05 Jan 2015 / EoF News
Sumatra, Tenurial rights, Pulp & paper,
South Sumatra environmental organizations published their monitoring report on “APP’s FPIC implementation on affected communities surrounding PT. OKI Pulp Mill”...
19 Dec 2014 / EoF News
Kalimantan, Sumatra, Pulp & paper,
Two environmental groups sent letters to 26 banks in several countries as attempt “to express their concerns regarding the pulp and paper companies Asia Pacific...
02 Dec 2014 / EoF News
The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, accompanied by the Minister of Forestry and Environment Siti Nurbaya, came to Riau province last week to monitor the burned forest...
20 Nov 2014 / EoF News
Today, 10 months after APRIL published its Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) and established a “Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC)” to “ensure...
13 Oct 2014 / EoF News
Sumatra, Lack of governance,
Just eight months of ruling as governor, the newly elected Riau governor was caught red-handed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at his residence in Cibubur,...