More than 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of forests, including carbon-rich peatlands, have been cleared in Central Kalimantan province for the so-called food estate program, according to a spatial ...
The Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia are home to the Orang Rimba - the people of the jungle. Their faith and nomadic way of life are not recognised by the state and, as their forests are ...
“If they see an area not being utilised, they see it as an opening for other investors to come in,” said Aditya Bayunanda, the Global Forest and Trade Coordinator with the World Wildlife Fund in ...
"The country's forests face unprecedented threats from the industrial scale projected for biomass demand," said the groups, which include Auriga Nusantara and Earth Insight. Indonesia's production ...