BACKGROUNDERS

The sites and causes that have shaped Eyes on the Forest’s investigations into forest crimes in Indonesia, over more than a decade.

Areas

Eyes on the Forest operates in Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan).

Sumatra

The epicenter of Indonesia’s paper and palm oil plantations.

Kalimantan

With the paper and palm oil sectors expanding in Kalimantan, this island is losing forests rapidly.

Values & Issues

Eyes on the Forest investigates threats to biodiversity, carbon stocks, tenure rights and governance issues.

Lack of governance

Illegal licensing and failures to protect the forests.

Carbon stock

Monumental carbon stocks above and below the ground.

Biodiversity loss

Amazing biodiversity where tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos roam.

Tenurial rights

Indigenous and local communities stranded in oceans of acacia and oil palm plantations.

Commodities

Eyes on the Forest investigates and monitors compliance in the pulp and paper, and palm oil sectors.

Pulp & paper

Indonesia is home to 2 of the world’s largest pulp and paper producers, which have devastated the country’s forests and peatlands.

Palm oil

Indonesia is the world’s top producer of palm oil, but illegally grown palms are contaminating its exports to global markets.

Take Action

Eyes on the Forest needs companies and consumers to act on its reports and help stop the destruction of forests.

What consumers can do

Ask for legal and sustainable paper, palm oil and rubber products from Indonesia.

What companies can do

Know your supply chains and use your market power to ensure legal and sustainable supplies.
Kalimantan Network
Sumatra Network