Tag: joko-widodo

Having weakening timber export rules to spur economic growth, the Government of Indonesia is now poised to dilute the sustainability of its palm oil industry

Indonesia is taking steps to significantly water down the rules keeping illegal timber out of its international trade – and is using the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as an excuse

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has made permanent the country’s moratorium on clearing primary forests and peatlands

When we buy our sugar, coffee, chocolate, leather, burgers, soy milk or wooden garden chairs we may be helping to fund deforestation. It's estimated that 53 per cent of those areas cleared in recent decades have been for agricultural commodities, as a result the EU has become a major driver of deforestation

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has delayed signing a new regulation on Indonesia’s Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) standard after NGOs raised concerns that it will weaken not strengthen its credibility. He did, however, sign into force a moratorium halting new palm oil plantation permits being issued for the three years

Indonesian civil society organisations actively combatting illegal logging, the associated illegal trade and pushing for good forest governance have released a position paper on the status of the implementation of the Indonesian Voluntary Partnership Agreement and other issues related to a FLEGT licence for Indonesia