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.
23 Jan 2007 / EoF News
Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
Pekanbaru (EoF News) – Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of three environmental NGOs in Riau, Sumatra releases its Investigative Report August 2006 today. The EoF...
22 Jan 2007 / EoF Press Release
Sumatra, Biodiversity loss,
Coffee lovers all over the globe are unknowingly drinking coffee that was illegally grown inside one of the world’s most important national parks for tigers, elephants...
22 Jan 2007 / EoF News
Pekanbaru (EoF News) --- Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is “responsible for the large-scale destruction of Indonesia’s forests” as well as has “generated a number of...
17 Jan 2007 / EoF News
(Ethicalcorp.com)--- US newspapers are beginning to source newsprint from China for economic reasons, but may be ignoring sustainability in the processIn a move to buy...
12 Jan 2007 / EoF News
Pekanbaru (EoF News)--- In a bid to provide a ‘common vision’ on pulp and paper industry globally, non-governmental organizations in provinces which host such...
11 Jan 2007 / EoF News
PEKANBARU (EoF News)— The Government has warned five companies granting selective logging concession (HPH) as they were judged unproductive on such forests they should...
03 Jan 2007 / EoF News
Pekanbaru (EoF News) -- Pelalawan District administration is accused of supporting rampant encroachment practice in proposed Tesso Nilo National Park as it issued KTP...
15 Dec 2006 / EoF News
Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss,
Pekanbaru (EoF News)-- The government is urged to abide by regulations on its Sumatran elephant conservation agreement and protect the endangered species habitat from...
08 Dec 2006 / EoF News
Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper,
(EUOBSERVER / Brussels – Dec 1, 2006) --A painful confirmation by the European Commission that its headquarters contain 1,000 square metres of uncertified wood from...
05 Dec 2006 / EoF News
Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss,
(Pekanbaru, EoF News) -- Environmentalists urged law enforcers in Pelalawan district to continue to prosecute scores of legal actions that they feared to be dark numbers....