With the disappearance of birds, mammals and other species from forests, the “empty forest” syndrome is becoming an increasing reality in Indonesia. Read more below to find out the effects people are starting to see and what can be done to prevent this tragedy. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about issues affecting...
The World Wide Fund for Nature has accused Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), a Singapore-based pulp and paper giant, of breaking its recent conservation commitment by destroying rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Read more below to find out what information this claim is based on and how APRIL has responded....
Indonesia is one of the most wonderful places on Earth but it has such a poor record of conservation and environmental management that environmentalists can’t help but complain. But no matter how upset environmentalists get at the devastation, fighting to save the wildlife is worth every second. Read more on...
Girl Scout cookies still aren’t necessarily free of rainforest destruction and social conflict despite a high-profile campaign that caused the company to adopt a comprehensive zero deforestation policy. Read more below to find why many environmental groups are saying that the RSPO “Green Palm Certificate” is not enough. Read more on...
Palm oil has long been a source of conflict in areas with tropical rainforests. This is especially true in Indonesia where thousands of acres of vital rainforests and other habitats have been degraded and destroyed. Read more below to find out why Indonesia’s land has been managed so poorly. Read...
An investigation revealed that Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) continued to source fiber produced by destruction of high conservation value forests in Sumatra all the way until it committed to a new forest conservation policy. Read more below to find out how environmentalists feel about APRIL’s pledge, especially compared to its rival....
Plans for building a liquefied natural gas plant and a steel coil mill threaten one of Malaysia’s only marine turtle nesting beaches and a forest home to rare trees and mammals inside Tanjung Hantu Permanent Forest Reserve. Read more below to find out what the effects of this industrial site will...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAVE RIVERS would like to thank the Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem for paying attention to the plight indigenous community who are protesting against the construction of mega hydroelectric dams in Sarawak. (Utusan Borneo 8th April 2014) The state government is planning to build an additional 11...
We are now over six years into the 10 year action plan implemented by Indonesia to conserve orangutans and their habitats but unfortunately there is little progress to be found. Not a single orangutan population has experienced a land use change that will make it any more likely to survive...
Safeway, the second biggest U.S. grocery chain, has become the latest company to establish a policy that excludes deforestation-linked palm oil from its products. Safeway will ask its suppliers to implement social and environmental criteria that ensure the palm oil it uses in branded products is ethical. Read more below to find...
