We can not pray to the God of the oil palm," call the indigenous tribes of Indonesia
A bloody report by Human Rights Watch indicates that the Indonesian government does not protect the rights of indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to build palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan and Sumatra's Jambi Territory. In an 89-page issue Report entitled "When We Have Lost the Forest, We Have Lost Everything": Oil Palm Plantations and Infringements in Indonesia The group documents how forest loss is occurring on a large scale and harms native indigenous people ,News Beezer, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people
Indonesia government considering harsher punishments for forest burners
Indonesian authorities are studying a plan to mete out harsher penalties to companies found burning forest and peat land, an environment ministry official said, as the country faces its worst forest fires and haze problems since 2015.Reuters, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
We Meet the People Burning Down Indonesia’s Forests
Hundreds of individuals directly contribute to the fires engulfing Indonesia’s forests, causing the haze that has enveloped parts of Southeast Asia. But why isn’t the government going after the corporations that hired them?Vice , 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Indonesian palm oil: “When we lost the forest, we lost everything”
New research shows that Indigenous people in Indonesia are losing their ancestral land to palm oil plantations, in ongoing government sanctioned burnings of forest areasOpen Access Government , 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people
Jakarta plans soil tests to spot plantation firms causing haze
Indonesia plans to conduct soil tests to identify plantation companies suspected to have cultivated oil palm, pulp wood or other crops on land after using slash-and-burn techniques to clear it.The Straits Times, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia Are Losing Their Forests to Palm Oil: Daily Brief
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces.Human Rights Watch, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people
Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia Are Losing Their Forests to Palm Oil: Daily Brief
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces.Human Rights Watch, 23 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indigenous people
Palm oil-linked wildfires in Indonesia have ravaged 800,000 acres
Forest fires which have ravaged Indonesia since July have blanketed the area in a thick, poisonous smoke cloud that has sickened individuals and endangered wildlife, amid accusations from neighbouring Malaysia that Indonesia’s authorities is just not doing sufficient to manage the man-made wildfires.Danil Fineman, 22 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Indigenous leaders call attention to disastrous forest fires
Fires have destroyed millions of acres of rainforest in the Amazon and in portions of Indonesia in recent months. This week, an international coalition of indigenous leaders met in New York during the United Nations climate summit to call attention to the destruction of their land, confront climate change and ask for increased protections for the environment. Megan Thompson reports.PBS, 21 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Land Destroyed by Forest Fires Marked for Plantations: Disaster Mitigation Agency
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said eighty percent of the land destroyed by forest fires in Indonesia this year will be converted into plantations, pointing the blame for the fires to unsustainable practices in the country's agriculture industry.Jakarta Globe, 20 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Indonesia blasts its own planters for forest fires as hotspots soar to 5,086
With no relief in sight from a noxious layer of smoke and ash that’s engulfed parts of Southeast Asia, Indonesia accused the nation’s timber and plantation industries of failing to prevent the emergence of wildfires.New Straits Times, 20 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Experts Blame Poor Law Enforcement, Dismal Funds for Indonesia Forest Fires
Poor law enforcement, corruption and scant government funding contributed to recurrent agricultural fires that have ravaged large swathes of forest in Indonesia and engulfed parts of the country and its neighbors with noxious smoke and ash, experts said Friday.Benar News, 20 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
Palm oil giant Korindo silences critical report with cease-and-desist letter
Korindo, a major palm oil operator in Indonesia’s Papua region, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to delay the publication of a report highlighting its various violations there.Mongabay, 19 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, deforestation
Wildfires in Indonesia have ravaged 800,000 acres. Palm oil farmers are mostly to blame.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who this week visited one of the now-barren forest sites, said Tuesday he’d sent 5,600 more personnel to assist in controlling the fires, along with 52 aircraft to dump water on the affected areas.Washington Post, 19 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, forest fire
New tool shows decline in oil-palm related deforestation in Borneo
In a welcome “good news” story for the world’s carbon stocks and biodiversity, the felling of old-growth forest for oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo has tracked a steady decline since its 2012 peak.CIFOR, 02 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, borneo atlas
Fires ravage 42,000 hectares of forest, plantations in Indonesia
More than 6,000 firefighters, assisted by the police and military, are battling fires that have ravaged over 42,000 hectares of forest and plantations in Indonesia since January.Free Malaysia Today, 02 August 2019
Indonesia, Timber, Palm Oil, forest fire, kalimantan, sumatra, peatland
Indonesia in fight with EU over biofuel, again
Indonesia is facing a fresh round of accusations over its management of its palm oil industry from one of its biggest importers, the European Union, adding to the prolonged feud between the two trading partners over the commodity.The Jakarta Post, 29 July 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU ban, palm oil ban
Fire hotspots detected in suppliers’ concessions
At least six industrial timber plantation concessions in Riau province were detected to have fire hotspots on 26 and 27 July as Eyes on the Forest team analysed based on satellite data by NASA FIRM VIIRS with confidence of nominal (medium). The six companies are KUD Bina Jaya Langgam, PT RAPP sector Pelalawan, PT Sari Hijau Mutiara, (all three affiliated to Asia Pacific Resources International Limited, APRIL); while PT Arara Abadi district Malako and PT Bina Duta Laksana are affiliated to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). Meanwhile, PT Inhil Hutani Pratama, formerly APP supplier has been detected with five hotspots.Eyes on the forest, 29 July 2019
Indonesia, Timber, forest fire, hotspot, tropical forest
Indonesia: Forest Stewardship Council threatens to expel Korindo if it fails to secure remedy for rainforest damage
Korindo, one of the biggest palm oil companies operating in the Indonesian province of Papua, must “secure remedy” for the damage it has done there or else face expulsion from the Forest Stewardship Council, one of the world’s most influential sustainable forestry certification bodies, the FSC announced...Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 28 July 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, deforestation, palm oil plantation
Ministry: EU Import Tariffs on Palm Oil is a Protectionist Policy
The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) suspects the European Union (EU) of commencing a massive and structured strategy to isolate biodiesel products exported to EU countries.Tempo, 27 July 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU ban, palm oil ban
Indonesia says EU anti-subsidy duty part of plan to block palm oil
The European Union’s proposal to impose anti-subsidy duties on Indonesian biodiesel is part of a “grand design” to block palm oil, a senior official at Indonesia’s Trade Ministry said on Friday.Reuters, 26 July 2019
Europe, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban
Awaiting a brighter, certain future for Indonesia's forests
With Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 6 of 2017 on postponement of issuance of new licenses and improving governance of primary forest land and peatland expiring on July 17, 2019, sustaining Indonesia's forests remains uncertain.Antara News, 26 July 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesian forest, forest protection
Ethical wood body warns Indonesian palm oil firm over forest clearing
An international green certification body said Indonesian member firm Korindo Group breached its rules on clearing forests to grow oil palm but would not be expelled after a two-year probe.Free Malaysia Today, 26 July 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban
The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) suspects the European Union (EU) of commencing a massive and structured strategy to isolate biodiesel products exported to EU countries.
The European Union’s proposal to impose anti-subsidy duties on Indonesian biodiesel is part of a “grand design” to block palm oil, a senior official at Indonesia’s Trade Ministry said on Friday.The Sun Daily, 26 July 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Malaysia, Palm Oil, EU ban, palm oil ban
Orangutan habitats being cleared in areas near palm oil mills, report finds
A new study identifies the palm oil mills in Indonesia with the most clearance of orangutan habitat happening around them.Mongabay, 18 July 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, orangutan, palm oil plantation