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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,…
9 March 2021
Banco Mundial/Lundrim Aliu - O gás metano (CH4) responde por 35% das emissões geradas pelo sistema alimentar tanto em países desenvolvidos como em desenvolvimento
Brasil, China, Indonésia, Estados Unidos, União Europeia e Índia aparecem como os maiores emissores de gases que causam o efeito…
18 February 2021
PARIS (AFP) — Governments worldwide are using the Covid-19 pandemic to push through destructive development projects and roll back protections of indigenous groups, according to a global report on deforestation and rule of law released Thursday.
An assessment by the Forest People’s Programme of…
8 February 2021
Si croissance démographique et croissance urbaine sont liées, la durabilité des villes de demain dépendra surtout de leur planification et de leur articulation avec le monde rural. Ce quatrième épisode de notre série « Demain, 9 milliards d’humains » explore les dynamiques de populations dans les…
13 January 2021
Experts have warned that a controversial deregulation act will serve as a springboard for greater corruption in Indonesia’s forestry sector.
They say a pervasive lack of transparency will allow companies such as plantation operators to whitewash their illegal occupation of forests or take control…
4 January 2021
A report by Global Witness has found that more than 100 Indonesian palm oil mills supplying agribusiness giants ADM and Bunge have been accused of land and human rights violations and environmental destruction.
Global Witness found that neither company is addressing the majority of these…
23 December 2020
Main photo: young oil palms await planting on land deforested by South Korea’s Korindo in the Indonesian province of Papua (Image: Mighty Earth)
In 2019, South Korea imported 745,000 metric tonnes of palm oil, up from 194,000 metric tonnes in 2005. It is one of the fastest-growing markets for the…
23 December 2020
Once covered in vast tropical forests, East Kalimantan, in the Indonesian half of Borneo Island, is today the most intensively mined province in Indonesia.
Surface mining for coal has left behind vast expanses of barren land across the province.
Under Indonesian law, mining companies are…
26 November 2020
Top Indonesian ministers who pushed for the passage of a deregulation bill that benefits the mining and “dirty energy” industry have links to some of those very companies, a new report shows.
The report by a coalition of NGOs highlights “massive potential for conflicts of interest” in the drafting…
20 November 2020
Indonesia’s environment ministry has issued a new regulation allowing protected forest areas to be cleared for a “food estate” program.
The program is aimed at boosting domestic crop supplies, but critics say it prioritizes the interests of agribusiness at the expense of small farmers and the…
12 November 2020
A Korean palm oil giant has been buying up swathes of Asia's largest remaining rainforests. A visual investigation published today suggests fires have been deliberately set on the land
Petrus Kinggo walks through the thick lowland rainforest in the Boven Digoel Regency.
"This is our mini market,"…
22 October 2020
Greenpeace slams Indonesia for lack of action against the palm oil sector as vast areas of forests burned in five years.
Main photo: Burned land is pictured next to a palm oil plantation after fires near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia [File: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]
Tropical…