EIA podcast – Indonesia wants to water down rules keeping stolen timber out of its exports

Twenty years ago, the chaos and violence in Indonesia’s forests spurred efforts to put an end to industrial-scale illegal logging and to keep stolen wood out of the country’s exports – but now the Government wants to significantly water down the rules, using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse.

Podcast – What on Earth?

Why is Indonesia abandoning its timber export regulations?

Welcome to the first EIA What on Earth? podcast.

Today, Faith Doherty, EIA Forests Campaign Leader, and Mardi Minangsari, from Indonesian partner Kaoem Telapak and also an EIA Forests Campaigner, talk with Press & Communications Officer Paul Newman about why this is happening, the likely impacts and the outlook for Indonesia’s rainforests.

Faith Doherty

Mardi Minangsari

Paul Newman