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.
13 Jan 2014 / EoF News
Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss,
Riau Forest Rescue Network (Jikalahari) reveals massive deforestation by industrial plantation companies during 2013 that also includes the green group’s doubts on...
18 Dec 2013 / EoF News
Kalimantan, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss,
A Kalimantan-based NGOs consortium dedicated to monitoring deforestation in Indonesia’s part of Borneo released an investigative report on Tuesday, December 17th 2013,...
17 Dec 2013 / EoF Press Release
Kalimantan, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,
Up to 1,400 ha peatland forest cleared in violation of APP’s forest conservation policy
12 Dec 2013 / EoF Press Release
Kalimantan, Sumatra, Carbon stock,
WWF Indonesia urges Ministry of Forestry to follow up on a report published by Greenomics Indonesia yesterday ( Dec 10) and take proper and strict actions for companies...
11 Dec 2013 / EoF News
Kalimantan, Sumatra, Biodiversity loss,
Latest report published by Greenomics Indonesia, an NGO, disclosed Tuesday that two suppliers of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) in South Sumatra and West Kalimantan provinces...
09 Dec 2013 / EoF News
Kalimantan, Sumatra, Lack of governance,
Anti-corruption coalition called public to support the war against corruption as to eradicate the crime was not only the responsibility of Anti-corruption commission...
08 Dec 2013 / EoF Press Release
Anti-Mafia Coalition and WWF Indonesia launched an agenda to push law enforcement to apply to corporates that commit crime in forestry sectors. This was discussed during...
26 Nov 2013 / EoF News
Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
Approximately 200 hundred residents of four villages in Merbau sub-district, Meranti Islands District, Riau, flocked in Lukit Village. It was Saturday, 12 October 2013,...
11 Nov 2013 / EoF News
The first trial on corruption cases involving Riau Governor Rusli Zainal who allegedly paid bribe in PON 2012 national games scandal and accepted bribery in issuing...
24 Oct 2013 / EoF News
Sumatra, Lack of governance, Carbon stock,
The Ministry for Environment reiterated that probe on Riau’s timber and palm oil companies --who named suspects due to allegedly setting forest and land fires in June--...