The renowned Australian wildlife cinematographer Jim Frazier has launched an appeal for funding for a global project called “Symphony of the Earth”, which he is dubbing the Woodstock of cinema. His aim […]
Koala conference hears of new threats to iconic species
The 2013 National Koala Conference – “Their Future is in our Hands” – started today (Friday) in Port Macquarie in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales. Speakers painted a disturbing […]
Forest moratorium extended in Indonesia
The Indonesian government has extended its forest moratorium for two more years. The moratorium covers new logging and plantation concessions, but licences that were granted when it was first signed in 2011 […]
Indonesian court rules in favour of palm oil company
Environmentalists are facing a serious setback because of a court judgement in Indonesia that opens the way to further destruction of the Tripa peat swamp forest by the palm oil company PT […]
Sustainable palm oil criteria “too little, too late”
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has voted to revise its principles and criteria for palm oil production. The revisions include new criteria on reducing greenhouse gases emissions. There is also […]
Greenpeace accuses palm oil company of destroying tiger habitat
Greenpeace International says the palm oil producer Darmex Agro has destroyed hundreds of hectares of tiger habitat in an area of Indonesian rainforest that should be protected under a government moratorium. In […]
Canadian company pushing for more forest destruction in Sumatra
A Canadian mining company, East Asia Minerals, is reported to be pushing for more than one million hectares of protected forest in Indonesia to be cleared. The company says it is actively […]
Palm oil company fails to attend court hearing
The first court hearing has been held in a civil case brought by Indonesia’s environment ministry against a palm oil company accused of destroying huge swathes of the Tripa peat swamp forest […]
Campaigners urge rapid prosecution of Tripa lawbreakers
Environmentalists have called on police and the Indonesian government to step up their investigations into environmental crimes being committed in the Tripa peat swamp forest in northern Sumatra. A new petition to […]
Indonesian governor revokes palm oil permit
The governor of Aceh province in Sumatra, Zaini Abdullah, has executed a high court order and revoked an illegal permit to cultivate oil palms in the Tripa peat swamp forest, an area […]
French protesters call for a harder line on fracking
In France, thousands of people marked Global Frackdown Day, holding protest actions and debates throughout the country. Anti-shale gas activists called on the government to take a harder line on shale gas, […]
French president says no to shale gas fracking
French president François Hollande has announced that there will be no shale gas exploration or exploitation in France during his presidency. Hollande said France’s current ban on hydraulic fracturing would remain, and […]
Court orders palm oil licence to be revoked
An Indonesian court has instructed the governor of Aceh province in northern Sumatra to revoke the licence granted to the palm oil company PT Kallista Alam, accused of destroying large areas of […]
Tripa still burning
Environmentalists in Sumatra say there is evidence that the Tripa peat swamp is still being burned. They are calling on the Indonesian authorities to take more action to halt the destruction. The […]
Tripa peat forest back on protected list
Thanks to international pressure on the Indonesian government, the Tripa peat forest in northern Sumatra has once again been officially declared a nature reserve. It was being burned to a cinder by […]
Indonesia to investigate forest destruction
Indonesia’s Environment Ministry is to launch an investigation into the issuance of a palm oil plantation concession inside the Tripa peat swamp forest in northern Sumatra. The peat swamp is home to […]
Environmentalists urge president to halt forest destruction in Indonesia
A group of leading environmentalists have written to the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asking him to halt the destruction of Sumatra’s rainforests and enforce laws to protect orangutans and their habitat. […]
Judges slammed for refusing to rule on fate of peat swamp forest
The administrative court in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, has refused to rule in a case brought by environmentalists who are trying to halt the destruction of the Tripa peat swamp forest. The decision […]
Indonesian court throws out environmental case
The administrative court in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, has refused to rule in a case brought by environmentalists who are trying to halt the destruction of the Tripa peat swamp forest. Animal protection […]
Land burning in Indonesia is wiping out orangutans
The Tripa peat swamp forest on the northwestern coast of Sumatra is being ravaged by fires set to clear land for palm oil. Orangutans are being wiped out in the companies’ race […]
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