The Indonesian government has rejected nearly 932,000 hectares of oil palm, timber, and logging concessions due to its moratorium on new permits across millions of hectares of peatlands and rainforests and permits for an additional 409,000 hectares are held up pending review. Read more below to find out which provinces are...
Palm oil companies are turning towards peatlands to plant their crops. The exploitation of this land is significantly easier because peatlands have very little protections by the government. Read more below to find out the effect destroying these lands is having on Borneo. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about...
A new study finds that reduced logging practices as they are now in Indonesia do not meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Read more below to find out what logging practices CAN cut down carbon emissions by about 50 percent and how this effects REDD+. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about...
Asia Pulp and Paper recently committed themselves to a zero deforestation policy. Despite previous, failed deals, Rainforest Alliance has agreed to reengage with APP and independently evaluate the company’s progress. Read more below to find out how this deal came about and what both sides have to say about it....
The most recent project of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s Sarawak Corridor Of Renewable Energy (SCORE) program is a planned phosphate fertilizer factory. Read more on where the money for these projects is coming from and what this project is doing to the people in the region. Read more on Sarawak Report. Read...
Researchers have discovered that species type, not just quantity, is crucial to the health of the entire ecosystem. Read more below to find out how the researchers tested this discovery and what that means for the future of conservation. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about Borneo’s ecosystem and the...
Researchers take a look at the effect of a quickly rising population after the release of a U.N. report. Read more below to find out where populations are going to swell and what can be done to limit danger to the environment after the increase. Read more on Mongabay. Read...
Asia Pacific Resources International Limited, an Indonesian logging company, may be kicked out of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development for failing to end clearing Indonesian rainforest and peatland. Read more below to find out what some organizations think APRIL should do and why. Read more at Mongabay. Read more...
A palm oil company that destroyed valuable land and habitats has been fined millions of dollars in compensation as well has millions to restore the forest that was destroyed. Read more below to find out what this company destroyed and how they plan on dealing with this ruling. Read more...
Paleoecologists have found sparse but strong evidence showing that humans in Southeast Asia have been actively managing forests for over ten thousand years. Read more below to find out how these findings may help indigenous people fight against evictions from their native lands by major companies. Read more on Mongabay....
