News

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.
/ EoF News

Perambahan picu karhutla Tesso Nilo --Berita dan galeri foto
/ EoF Press Release

Restorasi gambut tak menentu, peraturan baru menguntungkan siapa?

17 Dec 2013 / EoF Press Release

Kalimantan forest monitoring consortium: APP supplier continues forest clearance after moratorium

Kalimantan, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,

Up to 1,400 ha peatland forest cleared in violation of APP’s forest conservation policy

12 Dec 2013 / EoF Press Release

WWF: "Strict sanction for company involved in illegal clearing of ramin trees"

Kalimantan, Sumatra, Carbon stock,

WWF Indonesia urges Ministry of Forestry to follow up on a report published by Greenomics Indonesia yesterday ( Dec 10) and take proper and strict actions for companies...

11 Dec 2013 / EoF News

Ministry: Two APP subsidiaries involved in clearing, supplying Ramin

Kalimantan, Sumatra, Biodiversity loss,

Latest report published by Greenomics Indonesia, an NGO, disclosed Tuesday that two suppliers of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) in South Sumatra and West Kalimantan provinces...

09 Dec 2013 / EoF News

Civil society pledge a 100% war against corruption

Kalimantan, Sumatra, Lack of governance,

Anti-corruption coalition called public to support the war against corruption as to eradicate the crime was not only the responsibility of Anti-corruption commission...

08 Dec 2013 / EoF Press Release

Law enforcement for corporate crimes in the forestry sector

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss,

Anti-Mafia Coalition and WWF Indonesia launched an agenda to push law enforcement to apply to corporates that commit crime in forestry sectors. This was discussed during...

26 Nov 2013 / EoF News

Minister signed revised decree, Padang Island residents protest APRIL’s company

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

Approximately 200 hundred residents of four villages in Merbau sub-district, Meranti Islands District, Riau, flocked in Lukit Village. It was Saturday, 12 October 2013,...

11 Nov 2013 / EoF News

Riau Governor tried for issuing permits to pulp suppliers

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss,

The first trial on corruption cases involving Riau Governor Rusli Zainal who allegedly paid bribe in PON 2012 national games scandal and accepted bribery in issuing...

24 Oct 2013 / EoF News

Companies setting forest fires may link to money laundry probe

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Carbon stock,

The Ministry for Environment reiterated that probe on Riau’s timber and palm oil companies --who named suspects due to allegedly setting forest and land fires in June--...

27 Sep 2013 / EoF News

APP, APRIL suppliers named suspects of fires

Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,

At least four pulpwood suppliers and three palm oil plantations named suspects for allegations on Riau wildfires in June-July 2013. Some of these suspected companies are...

20 Sep 2013 / EoF News

APRIL touts new restoration project, environmentalists doubt it

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

Giant pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL), prepared a new restoration project to work on the heavily degraded peatlands in Kampar...