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01-Feb-2013 Indonesian Peat Emissions a ‘Global Disaster’
Thousands of years’ worth of carbon stored in Indonesia’s peat forests is being released at an alarming rate as...
Indonesia
28-Oct-2014 Indonesian Parliament to ratify Asean haze agreement
KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesia Parliament agreed to ratify the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, 12...
Indonesia
09-Jan-2014 Indonesian palm oil firm to pay losses in 'historic' ruling
An Indonesian court has ordered a palm oil company to pay almost $30 million to the state for illegally...
Indonesia
08-Sep-2016 Indonesian inspectors blocked from Riau concession
Govt officials wanting to check if canals are being built illegally on peatland stopped by guards
Indonesia
16-Aug-2014 Indonesian govt reiterates plan to clear 14M ha of forest by 2020
The Indonesian government is pressing forward with plans to clear 14 million hectares of forest between 2010 and...
Indonesia
17-Jan-2017 Indonesian government challenges another green group over freedom of information request
The data in question: detailed maps of the land handed out to oil palm companies.
Indonesia
13-Jun-2016 Indonesian businessman apologises for handling of info request from Peatland Restoration Agency
JAKARTA - Prominent Indonesian businessman Franky Widjaja has apologised over Asia Pulp and Paper's handling of...
Indonesia
04-Jan-2015 Indonesia’s post-Lima homework
Lima did not call for zero carbon emissions. However it got nations to accept the groundwork for a global...
Indonesia
18-Aug-2016 Indonesia’s peat restoration chief calls for protection of all peat domes
The Indonesian agency set up to prevent a recurrence of last year’s devastating forest and peatland fires is...
Indonesia
26-Feb-2016 Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds
The practices of agribusiness are causing the Kampar Peninsula to sink below flooding levels, according to a new...
Indonesia
18-Jul-2016 Indonesia’s palm oil permit moratorium to last five years
In April, Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo declared a moratorium on new licenses to establish palm...
Indonesia
05-Dec-2014 Indonesia’s New President Promises to Put Peat Before Palm Oil
“The best thing to do is to give the land to people... They won’t do any harm to nature. However, if we give the...
Indonesia
04-Apr-2016 Indonesia’s new haze-prevention agency already overwhelmed
As forest fires raged like never before across Indonesia last year, president Joko Widodo announced he was setting up...
Indonesia
20-Apr-2016 Indonesia’s largest pulp-for-paper producer risks defaulting on sustainability commitments due to bad peatland management
Netherlands – In 2013 Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) committed to use plantation fiber instead of clearing natural...
Indonesia
01-Dec-2016 Indonesia’s Forest-Fire Problem Is Nowhere Close to Being Solved. Here’s Why
Choking haze caused by Indonesia's annual slash-and-burn forest fires affects millions of people. Wetter...
Indonesia
16-Jul-2016 Indonesia’s energy, agriculture targets could undermine its climate goals: report
A new report calls for the Southeast Asian country’s development agenda to be better harmonized with its...
Indonesia
03-May-2010 Indonesia: Peat swamp forest - Clear profit instead of clear-cutting
Tigers and tapirs have become rare in the peat swamp forests of Indonesia. But the unique peat forest ecosystem forms...
Indonesia
02-Sep-2005 Indonesia: Official says local people crucial to forest conservation
Government officials of Indonesia says local communities need to be empowered to improve their well-being and at...
Indonesia
18-Jun-2016 Indonesia: Judges blamed for lenient sentences in forest fires
A lack of understanding among judges in environmental cases has led to companies and individuals, allegedly...
Indonesia
23-Apr-2012 Indonesia, greens move to stop eco disaster
The Indonesian government and environmentalists have moved to halt the destruction of a peatland forest after...
Indonesia

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