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.
17 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release
Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
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
Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
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
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
The Jakarta Post, 19 February 2009 -- The environment minister has approved the conversion of peatlands to oil palm plantations, if an environmental impact analysis...
18 Feb 2009 / EoF News
PEKANBARU (EoF News)— House of Representative’s Law Commission criticized the Attorney General Office for blocking probe of illegal logging cases in Riau as the...
13 Feb 2009 / EoF News
PEKANBARU (EoF News)—Anti-corruption body target Riau illegal logging cases which allegedly involved timber and pulp companies as well as government officials to take...
11 Feb 2009 / EoF News
PEKANBARU (EoF News)— The National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri told House of Representatives’ Law Commission that decision to close Riau illegal...
09 Feb 2009 / EoF Press Release
Sumatra, Biodiversity loss,
Bogor, 9 February 2009. Two national NGOs, Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) and Telapak urged Indonesian Ecolabel Institute (LEI) today to stop issuing Sustainable Management...
06 Feb 2009 / EoF News
PEKANBARU (EoF News)— House of Representatives’ Commission III members visiting Riau Province today to verify for motive behind closure of huge illegal logging cases...
30 Jan 2009 / EoF News
Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,
PEKANBARU (EoF News)— Majority of forest and land fires in Riau Province recently detected by satellite from 17 January to 28 January 2009 occurred in peatlands where...