Indonesia’s Supreme Court in Jakarta has rejected an appeal brought by palm oil company PT Kallista Alam against a judgment that it illegally burned huge swathes of the environmentally precious Tripa peat […]
Forest pledges multiply as palm oil companies respond to clean-up demands
Deforestation in Indonesia (Photo by Roni Bintang) The number of multinational companies that say they are committed to supplying and using only deforestation-free palm oil is growing fast. More than twenty global […]
Palm oil company director sentenced to jail for illegal forest clearance in Indonesia
Tripa burning in 2012; photo by Carlos Quiles. The director of the Indonesian palm oil company PT Kallista Alam, Subianto Rusyid, has been found guilty of illegally clearing peat forest in Aceh, […]
Palm oil company fined millions of dollars for destroying Sumatran forest
Tripa burning in 2012; photo by Carlos Quiles. An Indonesian court has found the palm oil company PT Kallista Alam guilty of illegally burning large swathes of the Tripa peat forest, which […]
Campaigners want world heritage protection for Sumatran forest
(Photo by Paul Hilton.) An international campaign is underway to prevent further destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh, northern Sumatra. Environmentalists are appealing for the ecosystem to be declared a UNESCO […]
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