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.
16 May 2013 / EoF News
Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
Eyes on the Forest investigation last month found natural forest clearing in concession of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) supplier, PT Riau Indo Agropalma (RIA), in Kerumutan...
07 May 2013 / EoF News
Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss,
In attempt to mitigate the corporates’ forest crimes, some activists demand Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to immediately seize the company assets of the...
03 May 2013 / EoF News
Kalimantan, Sumatra, Lack of governance,
At least eleven social and environmental civil society groups and networks sent a joint letter to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) on 24 April 2013, explaining the substantial...
30 Apr 2013 / EoF News
Sumatra, Lack of governance, Carbon stock,
Students association in Pelalawan district where Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) office and mill located protested the company’s main supplier PT...
15 Apr 2013 / EoF News
Kalimantan, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
A civil society organizations’ consortium monitoring deforestation in West Kalimantan said last week that The Forest Trust (TFT), a consultant hired by Sinar Mas...
03 Apr 2013 / EoF Press Release
Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,
A new analysis by Eyes on the Forest (EoF) finds that the “forest conservation policy” published in February by one of the world’s largest pulp and paper producers,...
03 Apr 2013 / EoF News
Eyes on the Forest published today a thorough report on Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) deforestation record in Riau and response to company’s forest conservation policy as...
26 Mar 2013 / EoF News
A consortium of West Kalimantan civil society organizations accused Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) of breaching its own Forest Conservation Policy (FCP) announced last month...
19 Mar 2013 / EoF News
Greenomics Indonesia, an NGO based in Jakarta, this week published a report entitling APP’s artful deception: After pulping its remaining forests, APP positions itself...
28 Feb 2013 / EoF News
An independent monitoring on legal wood certification in Riau province urged the government and certification agencies to be responsible for passing Timber Legality of...