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7/5/2013
As the two-year moratorium on deforestation faces expire, Indonesia has launched its first
forest governance index to address the current state of
forest protection and management of central and provincial government.
"Good
forest ...
3/4/2013
Efforts to monitor the world's
forests and other ecosystems got a big boost in February with the launch of Landsat 8, NASA's newest earth observation satellite, which augments the crippled Landsat 7 currently orbiting Earth (technically Landsat 8 ...
25/3/2013
Indonesian lawmakers criticized the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) for its inability to stop deforestation in Sumatra, accusing the group of trying to destroy Indonesia’s reputation abroad and hurting the country’s economy.
“Foreign ...
22/3/2013
Indonesia plans to use Rawa Tripa in its westernmost province of Aceh, where the country had a recent victory in peatlands protection, as learning grounds to improve
forests governance and legal enforcement through license review.
Rawa ...
9/2/2013
Like in a desolate Edward Hopper landscape, the orangutan was clinging to the one last tree that stood next to the river in Kutai National Park in eastern Kalimantan. The joy of seeing this magnificent primate was spoiled by his destroyed habitat ...
1/2/2013
Growing
oil palm to make ‘green’ biofuels in the tropics could be accelerating the effects of climate change, say scientists.
Researchers from Bangor University found the creation of
oil palm plantations are releasing prehistoric sources ...
30/1/2013
Growing
palm oil trees to make biofuels could be accelerating the effects of climate change, new research showed on Wednesday, adding further weight to claims the crop is not environmentally sustainable.In a paper published in the journal ...
28/1/2013
Three conservation groups warn that a proposed
palm oil plantation puts a significant Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) population at risk in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The plantation, which would cover 400 hectares of private
forest land, ...
28/1/2013
In Indonesia, the name for the island of Borneo is Kalimantan. It is the third largest island in the world, renowned for its lush tropical rainforests, one of only two strongholds for the intelligent, endangered orangutan.
While ...
31/12/2012
2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical
forests. This is a look at some of the most significant tropical rainforest-related news stories for 2012.
There were many other important stories in 2012 and some were ...
25/12/2012
For tropical ecologist Gregory Asner, flying over the Peruvian Amazon from the town of Tarapoto is like traveling back in time. Modern houses, rice paddies and
oil palm plantations give way to steep,
forested mountains and then to green, unbroken ...
11/10/2012
Despite government pledges to rein in deforestation, Indonesia is on track to release vast amounts of greenhouse gases over the next decade as its burgeoning
palm oil industry churns under carbon-rich peat and cuts down its ...
3/10/2012
Policy makers seeking to reduce greenhouse gases from deforestation cannot ignore the levels of nitrous oxide and methane released into the atmosphere as part of land conversion for
palm oil, soya bean and other crops, scientists ...
10/9/2012
Berau, East Kalimantan.
Forestry officials and police in Berau district are investigating the burning down of 200 hectares of land inside a protected
forest by illegal
oil palm plantation operators.
Heri Suparno, head of
forest ...
28/8/2012
The extent of old-growth
forest in Sumatra shrank by 40 percent over the past 20 years, while overall
forest on the Indonesian island declined by 36 percent, finds a comprehensive new satellite-based assessment published in Environmental Research ...
19/7/2012
Industrial logging in tropical
forests that is both sustainable and profitable is impossible, argues a new study in Bioscience, which finds that the ecology of tropical hardwoods makes logging with truly sustainable practices not only ...
12/7/2012
Recent blog posts on The Telegraph and the Register claiming that tropical rainforests like the Amazon are set to benefit from climate change are "uninformed" and "ridiculous" according to some of the world's most eminent tropical
forest ...
12/7/2012
Indonesian authorities are failing to take action against a
palm oil company that is operating illegally in Central Kalimantan, alleges a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak.
The report, published ...
3/7/2012
The Spanish city of Valencia sits under a blanket of ash, as two converging
fires continue to devour the eastern coast of the country. Since the blaze ignited last week, more than 45,000 hectares of land have been destroyed, forcing upwards of ...
29/6/2012
Several
fires are burning in a contested concession within Aceh Province's Tripa peat swamp raising questions about the efficacy of a high-profile investigation by Indonesian authorities, say environmentalists.
Satellite data and aerial ...
29/6/2012
The world's densest population of orangutans is set to be "extinguished" by a massive new wave of
fires that is clearing large tracts of a peat swamp
forest in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists have ...
23/6/2012
For much of the year, the Petronas Towers, the world’s tallest twin buildings, are gleaming landmarks visible far from the city center here. But last weekend, the 88-story structures were shrouded in a smoky haze that prompted doctors to warn ...
19/6/2012
Workers harvest
palm oil fruits at a plantation in Medan, Indonesia. Surging demand for
palm oil in India for cooking and everyday grocery items is driving tropical
forest destruction in Indonesia, Greenpeace said.
Surging demand for ...
14/6/2012
A formal government investigation into the clearing of a vast tract of protected peat
forest in Aceh has concluded that only one of the two companies involved was at fault, while exonerating a second company of any ...
15/5/2012
Indonesia has launched a criminal investigation into the burning of a peatland
forest on Sumatra island that environmentalists said resulted in the deaths of orangutans, an official said on Tuesday.
Investigators will summon officials ...