October 22nd 2010
The Indonesian government is imposing a moratorium on forest clearing in return for $1 billion grant from Norway to fund projects to curtail deforestation and land degradation. Environmental groups and some businesses welcome the freeze.
18 October 2010
Ten civil-society groups, including Greenpeace, have called on the government to get serious about implementing a moratorium on issuing new logging concessions in critical areas.
18 October 2010
International environmental group Greenpeace is denying accusations that it is waging a foreign-funded campaign aimed at sabotaging the palm oil industry in Indonesia.
5 October 2010
Sinar Mas pulp and paper firm Asia Pulp and Paper, accused by green groups of large-scale deforestation, has signed a deal to protect a large area of forest in return for carbon offset revenue.
1 October 2010
There’s an easy charm to Banda Aceh that belies its tumultuous history—and a ground-breaking climate change experiment.
28 September 2010
Selectively logged forests and timber plantations can serve as habitat for orangutans, suggesting that populations of the endangered ape may be more resilient than previously believed, reports research published in the journal PlosONE.
25 September 2010
An industry body for sustainable palm oil has made its first public censure of a member, saying Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Agro Resources & Technology breached its principles and may face sanctions.
20 September 2010
The billions of dollars that Indonesia stands to earn every year in climate-change deals could be at risk if it fails to stamp out corruption in its forestry sector, antigraft authorities warn.
28 August 2010
Indonesian environmental activists have called on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to honor an election promise to ban the import of illegal timber.
20 August 2010
JAKARTA - Indonesia may propose palm oil plantations be eligible to earn carbon credits under a U.N.-backed scheme aimed at preserving forests, a forestry ministry official said on Monday.
12 August 2010
The government plans to set aside 30 million hectares of protected forests for habitats for endangered species in order to prevent their extinction.
15 July 2010
Why should we protect the orangutan? It is a frequently asked question when lay-people, including businesspeople, discuss the need to protect orangutans, Asia's only great ape, which is greatly endangered.
21 June 2010
Some New Zealand food companies are being slippery about whether they use palm oil, according to a Green Party survey.
27 May 2010
Cash-strapped Indonesia remains committed to protection of its rainforests as part of the global initiative to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) Plus scheme, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says.
26 May 2010
Indonesia and Norway signed a letter of intent to reduce deforestation and degradation in Oslo on Wednesday, in which Norway will provide up to US$1 billion in grant for Indonesia to protect its forests.
27 May 2010
Indonesia will introduce a two-year moratorium on deforestation to help tackle climate change, the country's president has said.
27 May 2010
Indonesia will honor palm oil companies' existing contract despite its pledge to suspend new concessions to clear the nation's natural forests and peat lands for two years, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says.
28 May 2010
United States congressman Earl Blumenauer has called on the Australian Government to legislate to ban illegal timber imports into Australia.
19 May, 2010
The Prime Minister has been accused of reversing his position on several things: asylum seekers, the emissions trading scheme, schools, pink batts. But there is one promise he really should consider keeping – and it actually belongs to the bloke who had the job before him.
7th May 2010
When it comes to species conservation, Wildlife friendly oil palm plantations are not very friendly - at least for birds - as a new study in the journal Conservation Letters finds.
28 April, 2010
Palm oil producers and government officials from Malaysia and Indonesia will meet May 3 to discuss the latest round of attacks by Greenpeace and other environmental organizations that have blamed producers for destroying rain forests and biodiversity, an industry executive said Wednesday.
1 April 2010
Home-brand biscuits, dressings, and even shampoo, are contributing to the destruction of orang-utan populations in South-East Asia faster than their branded cousins, a report reveals.
10 March 2010
It is no secret that orangutans are threatened with extinction because their rain forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Ten years ago, Shawn Thompson, a writer, former journalist and university professor, set out to chronicle the threat to orangutans in a book released in March 2010.
2 March 2010
'Environmentally-friendly' biofuels have been found to be more harmful to the planet than normal fossil fuel.
22 February 2010
BBC documentary shows Indonesian company clearing protected rainforest.
5 February 2010
The European Commission and some EU member states hope to redefine palm oil plantations as "forests," according to a leaked document from the EU executive.
26 January 2010
Project to create sustainable palm oil project undermined by Western firms
25 January 2010
Payments to developing countries to reduce emissions from deforestation will only succeed if corruption and lack of financial management capacity are addressed, says new report.
21 January 2010
A study by the government has recommended a moratorium on peatland conversion if the country wants to meet its pledged emission cuts to tackle climate change.
15 January 2010
The Forestry Ministry’s plan to allow more mining firms operate in forests could hinder the government’s efforts to meet emission reduction targets, as pledged by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
4 January 2010
Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan is home to an incredible variety of ecosystems: this wilderness, along with all of its myriad inhabitants, are threatened by a plan to build a bridge and road connecting the towns of Penajam and Balikpapan.
3 January 2010
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, claims a new report
21 December 2009
A day after Indonesian officials at the UN Climate talks praised PT Sinar Mas, the country's largest palm oil producer, for its sustainable operations, international conservation group Greenpeace took another swing at Sinar Mas, this time taking aim at its pulp and paper arm.
21 December 2009
The world has less than 20 years left to save the orangutan, according to conservationists who predict the charismatic red ape will become extinct if no action is taken to protect its jungle habitat.
15 December 2009
ELEVEN members of the US Congress have written to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, urging him to fulfil an election promise to ban imports of illegally logged timber.
11 December 2009
A company that produces many of Britain’s best-known household brands has been exposed as contributing to the destruction of rainforests by buying thousands of tonnes of illegal palm oil.
