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Forests as important as farming for some rural communities

Indonesian ‘legal’ timber scheme could be greenwashing illegal products, NGOs warn

Study warns of possible REDD+ land grab

Indigenous communities demand forest rights, blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation

Indonesia politician gets 14 years in jail for illegal permits, forest corruption

Islamic clerics issue ‘fatwa’ against poaching, declare the illegal wildlife trade ‘haram’

Can palm oil move past its bad reputation?

Indonesian cop caught smuggling rare timber worth millions escapes with 2-year sentence

One person killed, two injured in elephant attacks in Indonesia this year

Indonesia police nab illegal wildlife traffickers in sting operation

Company accused of logging endangered rainforest trees in breach of timber legality certificate

Indonesian palm oil company demolishes homes and evicts villagers in week-long raid

Palm oil company Bumitama under fire for clearing rainforest, endangering orangutans

Indonesia’s national airline carrier bans shark fins

Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia

Palm oil companies ignoring community rights, new study shows

Mining Road Plan Threatens Forest Restoration Project in Indonesia

Stuffed tigers send two soldiers to jail in Indonesia

Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra

Indonesia, EU sign historic deal to end the illegal timber trade

Coal railway could cause ‘ecological disaster’ in Indonesian Borneo, warn environmentalists

Investors risk billions by overlooking potential land conflicts, study shows

Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

Indonesian villagers sue president over climate change

Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysia’s endangered rainforests

Agribusiness project leaves indigenous communities in Indonesian New Guinea hungry and in poverty, report says

Indonesian group vows to map 30 million hectares of customary forest in 7 years

Five Aceh elephants die in just six weeks

Former cop to face charges in illegal logging scandal, Indonesian police say

Palm oil company guards injure four villagers in Indonesian Borneo clash

Elephant killers should be brought to justice, Indonesia’s president tweets [WARNING: brutally graphic images]

Billions lost to corruption in Indonesia’s forest sector, says report

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