The UNESCO World Heritage Committee¹ has again voted to keep the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) in Indonesia on the List of World Heritage In Danger. At its 42nd session, taking place […]
An Indonesian palm oil company that was fined the equivalent of 30 million US$ for illegally burning a vast area of peat swamp forest in Aceh has been granted “legal protection” by […]
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has voted unanimously to keep the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) on the List of World Heritage In Danger. At its 41st session, taking place this week […]
A consortium of NGOs is calling on UNESCO to intervene urgently to protect the rainforest World Heritage Site in northern Sumatra in Indonesia. The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) site has […]
Environmental groups in Indonesia have called on the country’s forestry and environment ministry to reject plans to construct a geothermal plant in one of the world’s most precious areas of rainforest. A […]
Farwiza Farhan is a force for nature, and a force of nature. Determined, dedicated, and passionate about protecting the environment, she is one of the founders of the NGO HAkA – based in […]
Concerned citizens have launched a civil lawsuit against Indonesia’s minister of home affairs in a bid to protect the Leuser Ecosystem – the last place on Earth where orangutans, rhinos, tigers, and […]
Environmentalists from Indonesia who are in Paris for the COP21 United Nations climate change conference have called for urgent action to end the destruction of their country’s rainforests and peatlands. They appealed […]
Environmentalists in Sumatra are celebrating a major step forward in their battle to save the Tripa peat forest, which is home to one of the highest densities of orangutans in the world, […]
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 […]
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