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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.
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Perambahan picu karhutla Tesso Nilo --Berita dan galeri foto
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Restorasi gambut tak menentu, peraturan baru menguntungkan siapa?

13 Mar 2008 / EoF News

Police to probe Riau officials

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss,

EoF News (Pekanbaru)--- President’s special team staff said Riau Police Office are allowed to probe some Riau officials over alleged illegal logging and corruption...

10 Mar 2008 / EoF News

Human rights body says APP

Sumatra, Tenurial rights, Biodiversity loss,

Pekanbaru (EoF News)—National human rights commission has found alleged human rights abuse committed by PT Arara Abadi, main pulpwood supplier for Asia Pulp & Paper in...

27 Feb 2008 / EoF Press Release

Destruction of Sumatra forests driving global climate change and species extinction: WWF

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the...

27 Feb 2008 / EoF News

Activists protest protected forest leasing regulation

Kalimantan, Sumatra, Lack of governance,

Pekanbaru (EoF News)--- The Indonesian government regulation allowing conservation area to be rented for economic and business purposes have sparked protests from various...

11 Feb 2008 / EoF News

Green-Minded Staples Ends Ties With Asia Pulp & Paper

Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

Office-supplies giant Staples Inc. has severed all contracts with Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., one of the world's largest paper companies, in a move that...

29 Jan 2008 / EoF News

NGOs keep an eye on pulpwood certification

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

Pekanbaru (EoF News)-- Forestry certification assessment agency, LEI (Indonesia Ecolabel Agency), pledged to monitor tightly certification process in the controversial...

22 Jan 2008 / EoF News

Governor: APP, community stay away from dispute land

Sumatra, Tenurial rights, Biodiversity loss,

Pekanbaru (EoF News)— Jambi Province Government determined a “status quo” to land situated in Bukit Tigapuluh forest landscape, Jambi, where Asia Pulp & Paper’s...

08 Jan 2008 / EoF Press Release

APP forest clearing in Bukit Tigapuluh threatens lives of local communities and Sumatra’s endangered species

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

The destruction of high biodiversity forest in Sumatra’s Bukit Tigapuluh landscape – including the extinction of the endangered Sumatran tiger, elephant, and...

02 Jan 2008 / EoF News

Jambi villagers burn APP

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Palm oil,

Pekanbaru (EoF News)-- Residents of Lubuk Mandarsah, Tebo District of Jambi province, ran amok and burned 11 excavators and one car belong to PT Wira Karya Sakti (WKS), a...

17 Dec 2007 / EoF News

Pelalawan District Head detained

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,

Pekanbaru (EoF News)—Pelalawan District Head Tengku Azmun Jaafar was detained by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Friday (14/12/2007) in charging...