North Sumatra villagers demand farmers be released, customary land be returned, after 16 arrested in conflict with TPL, a plantation company affiliated with APRIL. Read more below. Read more from Mongabay Read more about Borneo Forest and Climate Policy Protesting community members. Photo by Sapariah Saturi Dozens of villagers from...
APRIL, the Indonesian paper and pulp giant, continues to disregard indigenous community rights for the sake of profit and unrelenting palm oil plantation development. Read more below. Read more from redd-monitor.org Read more about Borneo Forest and Climate Policy ********** Once again, an Indonesian pulp and paper company is clearing...
Eyes on the Forest (EoF) — an alliance that includes Friends of the Earth (Walhi) Riau, Jikalahari, and WWF-Indonesia — published SMG/APP deforestation and deadly human-tiger conflict as part of its ongoing campaign to highlight conversion of natural forests in Riau province for industrial timber plantations. The report looks specifically at five...
