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05 May 2009 / EoF News

Coconut trees killed off by beetle, villagers blamed APP company

PEKANBARU (EoF News)-- Villagers in Kerumutan forest block, Riau province, accused acacia plantation development conducted by an Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) associated...

30 Apr 2009 / EoF News

NGOs, community protest new logging approval issued by Minister

PEKANBARU (EoF News)—New approval to natural forest clearing issued by the Minister of Forestry recently sparked criticism and protest by environmental as well as local...

13 Apr 2009 / EoF News

Sumatran orang-utan haven

The West Australian /thewest.com.au, 11 April 2009 -- A protected Sumatran forest which is home to a Perth-raised orang-utan released into the wild in a worldwide first...

06 Apr 2009 / EoF News

Villagers blame APP for human-tiger conflict

PEKANBARU (EoF News)-- Villagers in human-tiger conflict area complained that timber companies drive threat of human-tiger conflict to residents following several...

18 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Forest clearing by paper giant APP/Sinar Mas linked to 12 years of Sumatran Tiger, human fatalities

Most violent incidents between people and tigers in Sumatra’s Riau Province in the past 12 years have occurred near forested areas being cleared by paper giant Asia...

18 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Konflik antara manusia dan harimau di Riau terkait dengan 12 tahun operasi penebangan hutan oleh APP/Sinar Mas

Kebanyakan insiden konflik antara manusia dan harimau di Provinsi Riau dalam kurun 12 tahun terakhir telah terjadi di dekat kawasan hutan yang ditebangi oleh...

17 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Greenpeace warns against inadequate disclosure for listed forestry companies

Hong Kong，18th February, 2009-- A new report by Greenpeace China exposes the loopholes in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s rules on environmental disclosure for listed...

03 Mar 2009 / EoF News

Minister urges police to nab wildlife poachers, traders

PEKANBARU (EoF News)— Minister of Forestry denounced the killings of four Sumatran tigers in Kerumutan forest landscape of Riau province and urged the police to probe...

25 Feb 2009 / EoF Press Release

Six people, three tigers killed in Sumatra this month

In the wake of the deaths of six people from tiger attacks in Sumatra’s Jambi Province in less than a month, conservationists are calling for an urgent crackdown on the...

20 Feb 2009 / EoF News

Peatland conversions conditionally approved

The Jakarta Post, 19 February 2009 -- The environment minister has approved the conversion of peatlands to oil palm plantations, if an environmental impact analysis...