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18 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Forest clearing by paper giant APP/Sinar Mas linked to 12 years of Sumatran Tiger, human fatalities

Most violent incidents between people and tigers in Sumatra’s Riau Province in the past 12 years have occurred near forested areas being cleared by paper giant Asia...

18 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Konflik antara manusia dan harimau di Riau terkait dengan 12 tahun operasi penebangan hutan oleh APP/Sinar Mas

Kebanyakan insiden konflik antara manusia dan harimau di Provinsi Riau dalam kurun 12 tahun terakhir telah terjadi di dekat kawasan hutan yang ditebangi oleh...

17 Mar 2009 / EoF Press Release

Greenpeace warns against inadequate disclosure for listed forestry companies

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

Minister urges police to nab wildlife poachers, traders

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

Six people, three tigers killed in Sumatra this month

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

Peatland conversions conditionally approved

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

House's commission blasts prosecutors office

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

KPK to probe Riau, Pelalawan illegal logging cases

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

Police urged to resume logging cases

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

Press Release Forest Watch Indonesia - Telapak

Bogor, 9 February 2009. Two national NGOs, Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) and Telapak urged Indonesian Ecolabel Institute (LEI) today to stop issuing Sustainable Management...