Five industrial plantation forest concessions that supply timber to PT Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) in South Sumatra are areas of high conservation value inhabited by endangered Sumatran tigers and other endemic wildlife. Read more below to find out how people are keeping wildlife and their habitats safe. Read more on...
Indonesian police have arrested wildlife trafficking suspects and thousands of dollars worth of animal parts after a long undercover investigation. Read more below about what their sentence may be and what this means for poachers and the Indonesian government. Read more at Mongabay. Read about wildlife conservation efforts, and then...
In a recent report, Greenpeace has accused palm oil company Wilmar International of destroying the habitat of the Sumatran tiger with its deforestation of tropical forests. Greenpeace also linked companies such as Oreo and Gillette to rainforest destruction, calling on consumers to develop a greater awareness of product origins. Read...
Research published in 2012 provided a better understanding of tropical deforestation’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Two studies — one published in Science and the other published in Nature Climate Change, concluded that while deforestation now accounts for a lower share of global emissions relative to the late 1990s, it still represents roughly 10...
The Eyes on the Forest report [PDF] finds that APRIL and its suppliers cleared at least 140,000 hectares (346,000 acres) of natural forest between 2008 and 2011 in Riau, accounting for 27 percent of all forest loss in the province during the period. Some of the area cleared by APRIL and its...
Penan leaders issue stern warning to loggers. “We will do everything necessary to protect our forests”: Penan leaders from Sarawak’s Middle Baram region (Photo : www.bmf.ch) It could well have been a plot from Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness. Except that, instead of the African Congo, the clashes between...
