Indonesia’s moratorium on clearing forests and peatlands now permanent – but excludes vast areas
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has made permanent the country’s moratorium on clearing primary forests and peatlands
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Jail time for directors of Indonesian companies over possession of illegal timber
The District Court in Makassar, Indonesia, has sentenced the directors of four different Indonesian companies to one year each in prison and a total fine of RP500 million (about £29,000)
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Hit-and-miss ‘no deforestation’ policies for palm oil show need for support by legal regulation
Policies seeking to halt the environmental and social damage of palm oil production are proving to be only a partial success, our latest research reveals..
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RSPO members’ concealed links to Papua palm oil plantations to be formally investigated
Forest destruction for palm oil in Papua linked to multi-billion dollar conglomerate the Hayel Saeed Anam (HSA) Group is to be investigated by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
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EIA still watching the RSPO’s palm oil audit watchmen
The EIA filed the first-ever complaint against a licensed High Conservation Value assessor. It is an ongoing part of EIA’s work to eliminate the poor, fraudulent and deficient environmental and social assessments and audits which often undermine Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) palm oil certifications
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Caught REDD-handed!
On the day Indonesia’s president signed a new moratorium on forest exploitation in areas of peatland and primary forest across Indonesia, a Malaysian owned plantation company was filmed actively clearing about 5,000 hectares of it in the REDD+ Pilot Province, Central Kalimantan. The moratorium was breached on day one
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