Yet another company has committed to greener palm oil, this time a major agriculture company called Archer Daniels Midland. Read more below to find out how they plan to enforce these new standards and why some believe this new policy still needs to be strengthened. Read more on Mongabay. Read...
In 1997, fires caused by the El Niño burned across approximately 8 million hectares of land in Sumatra and Borneo and released as much as 2.5 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Read more below to find out why we might see the same if not more destruction this...
At the 2014 Forest Asia Summit, the current Indonesian President has expressed his hope that his successor would be able to prolong the ban on new logging and plantation concessions he introduced in 2011. Read more below to find out how this ban has helped reduce deforestation and what he said still needs...
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper company, has committed to protect and restore a million hectares of forest across Indonesia. Their pledge was immediately welcomed by WWF, which has been one of APP’s staunchest critics. Read more below to find out where this restoration will take place...
A new study that evaluated six countries found that carbon emissions from selective logging operations in tropical rainforests are roughly a sixth of those from outright forest clearing. Read more to find out how scientists figured out this data and why this study is one of the most accurate estimates of...
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...
Timber, logging, palm oil, and mining industry areas have accounted for nearly 45 percent of deforestation in Indonesia between 2000 and 2010, finds a new study. Read more below to find out just how much forest has been lost and which industry is the worst offender. Read more at Mongabay....
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....
New research suggests even certified companies in Indonesia may not be meeting EU standards and these flaws in the country’s system to verify legal wood products (which is “almost impossible” for companies to fail) could have implications for trade with Europe. Read more below to find out what these flaws...
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...
