First of its kind audit of world's largest pulp and paper producer yields mixed results Arara Abadi acacia plantation near Pekanbaru, Riau, Sumatra. All photos by Rhett A. Butler. An…
Deforestation in Riau, Sumatra in 2014. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. When Indonesia's former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared a moratorium in May 2012 on the issuance of new permits…
Peat forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photos by Rhett Butler. Indonesia's new Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar imposed a moratorium on the issuance of all new logging…
Illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett Butler. Newly elected Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on October 26th that the Ministry of Forests and the Ministry…
31% of Indonesia's land mass allocated for logging, oil palm, fiber plantations Industrial timber concession in Riau, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett Butler. Mina Setra is of Dayak dissent. Her childhood…
It took five hours by boat from Kepayang in the Indonesian province of South Sumatra to arrive at this remote river community, where most of the residents are illegal loggers.…