Indonesia
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17 February 2022
The Indonesian government’s decision to revoke permits for plantation firms to operate in forest areas could lead to lawsuits filed by the companies, environmental law experts say.
The permits were rescinded at the start of the year, not because of any environmental violations, but rather because…
10 February 2022
The Indonesian government has rejected a proposal made by a prominent university to reclassify oil palms as a forest crop.
The proposal was ostensibly meant to resolve the problem of illegal plantations operating inside forest areas, and would have redefined plantations as forests, and new…
8 February 2022
President Joko Widodo’s administration announced last week that it was cancelling millions of hectares worth of logging, plantation and mining concessions.
Environmental activists say this presents an opportunity to conserve these lands, which cover a combined area larger than Belgium, by…
28 January 2022
El pueblo kuy de los bosques tropicales de Prey Lang y Prey Preah Roka se ve afectado.
La tala ilegal de bosques protegidos socava los derechos humanos y anula las tradiciones de los pueblos indígenas de Camboya, según ha revelado una nueva investigación de Amnistía Internacional.
En un nuevo…
6 December 2021
With the Indonesian government refusing to renew a three-year ban on issuing licenses for new oil palm plantations, experts are warning of a deforestation free-for-all.
The end of the moratorium means companies can once again apply to develop new plantations, including clearing forests to do.
This…
25 November 2021
New research identifies how rising localized temperatures driven by deforestation and global warming are increasing heat-related deaths and creating unsafe working conditions in Indonesia.
In the Bornean district of Berau, 4,375 square kilometers (1,689 square miles) of forest were cleared between…
5 November 2021
A Indonésia confiscou terras pertencentes a uma empresa de Tommy Suharto, filho mais novo do ex-ditador Suharto, numa tentativa para recuperar fundos do influente clã, anunciou esta sexta-feira o Governo.
Segundo o executivo indonésio, as operações decorreram na província de Java Ocidental com o…
26 July 2021
Main photo: Indonesia’s Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, left, with President Joko Widodo in October 2019. AP
Singapore/Jakarta | Hundreds of high-ranking retired military officers have taken Indonesia’s Minister for Defence Prabowo Subianto to court in an effort to resolve a long-simmering…
23 July 2021
A new report highlights systemic social and environmental problems that continue to plague the Indonesian palm oil industry and ripple far up the global palm oil supply chain.
The report looked at local and Indigenous communities living within and around 10 plantations and found that their human…
14 July 2021
More than 1,000 families were entitled to payments for land needed to construct the Gorontalo Outer Ring Road, a national priority infrastructure project on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island.
The road will connect Djalaluddin Airport in the capital of Gorontalo province with the province’s main ferry…
4 June 2021
Researchers looked at 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America that hold almost 70% of the world’s tropical forests and 62% of the total feasible natural climate solution potential, and found that most of the tropical forested countries looking to benefit from carbon markets still need to…
16 March 2021
Indonesia’s annual fire season has started again, with hotspots detected in 10 provinces.
Some of the fires have been detected in protected areas with large swaths of peatland.
The government says it’s preparing to carry out cloud seeding to induce rainfall in affected areas.
However,…