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					<title>Lawmakers seek rights probe into Indigenous conflict at Indonesian timber firm</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/lawmakers-seek-rights-probe-into-indigenous-conflict-at-indonesian-timber-firm/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Jul 2026 10:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Apes, Biodiversity, Business, Conflict, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Ecosystems, Forest Products, Forestry, Great Apes, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Law, Mammals, Orangutans, Peatlands, Primates, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Social Conflict, Tropical Deforestation, Wetlands, Wildlife, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding probe into a long-running conflict between an Indigenous community in Borneo and an industrial timber company linked to one of Indonesia&#8217;s largest recent deforestation cases. The call came at the end of a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta on June 30, where lawmakers said testimony presented [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding probe into a long-running conflict between an Indigenous community in Borneo and an industrial timber company linked to one of Indonesia&#8217;s largest recent deforestation cases. The call came at the end of a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta on June 30, where lawmakers said testimony presented during the session strengthened indications of alleged structural and systematic human rights violations in the conflict. Responding to the hearing, Indonesia&#8217;s Ministry of Human Rights said it would conduct a more comprehensive review of the case, including field monitoring and coordination with other government agencies, as it prepares to investigate allegations of human rights violations linked to the conflict between PT Mayawana Persada and the Dayak Kualan community in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan province. The Dayak Kualan community alleges the company&#8217;s concession overlaps with its customary lands and forests, and that Mayawana proceeded to clear the area without obtaining its meaningful consent. Despite the community&#8217;s longstanding objections, Mayawana razed lands and forests that the Dayak Kualan community says form part of its customary territory, according to Tarsisius Fendy Sesupi, the customary chief of Lelayang, one of the Indigenous hamlets overlapped by the concession. &#8220;The company never sought the community&#8217;s agreement. It simply moved in and cleared everything,&#8221; he said at a recent press conference in Jakarta. In cases where community members agreed to relinquish their land, they did so under pressure and received only 1.5 million rupiah (about $83) per hectare, or $34 per acre,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/lawmakers-seek-rights-probe-into-indigenous-conflict-at-indonesian-timber-firm/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Pulp and paper giant APRIL&#8217;s supplier choices put FSC remedy process to the test</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/pulp-and-paper-giant-aprils-supplier-choices-put-fsc-remedy-process-to-the-test/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Jun 2026 04:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Central Kalimantan, Global, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Southeast Asia, and West Kalimantan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Business, Certification, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Ecosystems, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forest Products, Forestry, Forests, Industry, International Trade, Land Use Change, Logging, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Threats To Rainforests, Trade, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Pulp and paper giant APRIL&#8217;s recent decision to lower its deforestation commitments and source wood from two companies associated with extensive recent forest loss has created a new challenge for its relationship with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), with environmental groups urging the world&#8217;s leading forestry certifier to terminate the already suspended reassociation [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Pulp and paper giant APRIL&#8217;s recent decision to lower its deforestation commitments and source wood from two companies associated with extensive recent forest loss has created a new challenge for its relationship with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), with environmental groups urging the world&#8217;s leading forestry certifier to terminate the already suspended reassociation process. In late May, APRIL announced it was reviewing its decade-old Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) 2.0 and lowering its deforestation cutoff date from 2015 to Dec. 31, 2020. The move allows Indonesia&#8217;s second-largest pulp and paper producer to source wood from PT Industrial Forest Plantation (IFP) and PT Mayawana Persada (Mayawana), two companies that have experienced some of the country&#8217;s largest recent forest losses. APRIL said the decision was necessary to address fibre shortages after the Indonesian government revoked the operating permits of four of its long-term suppliers earlier this year, affecting around 15% of its wood supply in Riau Province. According to data from the forest-monitoring platform Nusantara Atlas, together, IFP and Mayawana lost nearly 80,000 hectares (197,684 acres) of forest­­­­­ — an area almost half the size of London — between 2015 and 2024, including more than 54,000 hectares (133,436 acres) after 2020. This is more than any other forestry companies in Indonesia. Deforestation in the concession of PT Mayawana Persada, September 2020–April 2024 © Earthsight. Image source: Sentinel-2 via Copernicus Browser Environmental groups have criticized the move, arguing that it weakens a longstanding no-deforestation safeguard and sends a message that companies&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/pulp-and-paper-giant-aprils-supplier-choices-put-fsc-remedy-process-to-the-test/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-321620</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Pulp and paper giant APRIL adds major deforesters as suppliers after revising sustainability policy</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/pulp-and-paper-giant-april-adds-major-deforesters-as-suppliers-after-revising-sustainability-policy/</link>
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					<pubDate>18 Jun 2026 15:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Business, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Environment, EUDR, Forest Products, Forestry, Forests, Great Apes, Habitat Loss, Law, Orangutans, Primates, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Supply Chain, Timber, timber trade, Trade, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Pulp and paper giant APRIL made recent changes that are concerning to environmental groups. These changes include suspending and reviewing its flagship sustainability policy, lowering its deforestation commitments, and sourcing wood from two companies responsible for some of Indonesia&#8217;s largest recent forest losses. The company, part of the Singapore-headquartered Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Pulp and paper giant APRIL made recent changes that are concerning to environmental groups. These changes include suspending and reviewing its flagship sustainability policy, lowering its deforestation commitments, and sourcing wood from two companies responsible for some of Indonesia&#8217;s largest recent forest losses. The company, part of the Singapore-headquartered Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) group, the world’s largest manufacturer of viscose rayon, said the changes are needed to align its policies with international standards and secure fiber supplies following the loss of several long-term suppliers. Environmental groups, however, said the move weakens a key safeguard that APRIL has long cited as evidence of its no-deforestation commitments. The controversy centers on APRIL&#8217;s decision to add Indonesian concessions PT Industrial Forest Plantation (IFP) and PT Mayawana Persada (Mayawana) as its wood suppliers, integral to manufacturing viscose. Both companies, based on Kalimantan, have experienced extensive forest loss in recent years and have been repeatedly criticized by environmental groups. Previously, RGE and its subsidiaries, including APRIL, pledged not to source wood from plantations linked with deforestation since 2015. It is a pledge the company had reportedly broken. Its new corporate promise lowers the cutoff date to 2020, drawing sharp criticism from environmental groups. APRIL said IFP began delivering wood fiber to the company in May 2026. However, vessel-tracking data reviewed by Mongabay indicated that at least five barges carrying timber from the vicinity of IFP&#8217;s operations in Central Kalimantan were tracked traveling to Futong Port in Riau between mid-March and mid-April. Futong serves&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/pulp-and-paper-giant-april-adds-major-deforesters-as-suppliers-after-revising-sustainability-policy/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-321412</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Indonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025, reversing years of decline</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/indonesias-deforestation-surges-66-in-2025-reversing-years-of-decline/</link>
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					<pubDate>03 Apr 2026 03:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Papua, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Critical Minerals, data, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Endangered Species, Energy, Food, food security, Forest Loss, Palm Oil, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Remote Sensing, and Tropical Deforestation]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s deforestation surged in 2025, rising 66% from the previous year, marking a sharp reversal after several years of decline, according to new data from the NGO Auriga Nusantara. Based on satellite analysis, Auriga estimates that 433,751 hectares (1.1 million acres) of forest, an area more than twice the size of London, were [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s deforestation surged in 2025, rising 66% from the previous year, marking a sharp reversal after several years of decline, according to new data from the NGO Auriga Nusantara. Based on satellite analysis, Auriga estimates that 433,751 hectares (1.1 million acres) of forest, an area more than twice the size of London, were lost in 2025, the highest level in eight years. Forest loss had previously fallen to a historic low in 2021, following five consecutive years of decline since 2017, driven in part by a series of forest protection policies under former President Joko Widodo. But since 2022, the trend has reversed, with deforestation rising again before spiking in 2025 across all of Indonesia’s major islands. “The surge in deforestation in 2025 is truly distressing, taking Indonesia back to a time when it was at its highest,” said Auriga executive director Timer Manurung. The trend stands in contrast to developments in the Amazon, where deforestation has declined for three consecutive years following renewed enforcement and federal efforts under Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In 2025, deforestation in the biome fell 11.1% to 579,600 hectares (1.4 million acres), the lowest level in more than a decade. “Brazil’s deforestation, concentrated in the Amazon, is declining. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s is increasing. So it’s possible Indonesia could become the world’s top deforester among tropical countries in 2025,” Timer said. Auriga’s findings are broadly consistent with early signals from official data. While the government has yet to release full-year figures for&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/indonesias-deforestation-surges-66-in-2025-reversing-years-of-decline/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-316903</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Indonesia revokes forest and mine permits over role in deadly Sumatra landslides</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-revokes-forest-and-mine-permits-over-role-in-deadly-sumatra-landslides/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Jan 2026 01:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Aceh, Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, and West Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Apes, Biodiversity, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Energy, Environment, Environmental Law, Forestry, Forests, Gold Mining, Great Apes, Hydroelectric Power, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Law, Law Enforcement, Mining, Orangutans, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Threats To Rainforests, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and landslides that struck the island of Sumatra in late 2025. The revocations follow an audit carried out by a government task force responsible for forest area enforcement after disasters triggered by Cyclone [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and landslides that struck the island of Sumatra in late 2025. The revocations follow an audit carried out by a government task force responsible for forest area enforcement after disasters triggered by Cyclone Senyar in November 2025, which killed about 1,200 people across Indonesia’s main western island. The audit found that the 28 companies had violated various rules, including the 2009 law on environmental protection, and bore responsibility for environmental damage linked to the disasters. Authorities still haven’t disclose detailed findings or evidence for each case. The audit results were presented to President Prabowo Subianto during an online meeting on Jan. 19. “Based on that report, the president decided to revoke the permits of 28 companies that were proven to have committed violations,” State Secretariat Minister Prasetyo Hadi said at a press conference on Jan. 20, as quoted by CNBC Indonesia. The move signals a shift in how administrative enforcement is framed in Indonesia, with permit sanctions now explicitly justified by post-disaster accountability rather than routine compliance alone. The revoked permits include 22 forest utilization permits (PBPH) for operating in natural and plantation forests, covering a combined area of about 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) — roughly one-third the size of Belgium — as well as six mining, plantation and timber forest product utilization permits (PBPHHK). Among the affected permit holders is major pulpwood producer PT Toba&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-revokes-forest-and-mine-permits-over-role-in-deadly-sumatra-landslides/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>After Cyclone Senyar, Indonesia probes whether development amplified scale of disaster</title>
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					<pubDate>06 Jan 2026 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra, Southeast Asia, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Apes, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Deforestation, Disasters, Drivers Of Deforestation, Energy, Environment, Environmental Law, Flooding, Gold Mining, Great Apes, Hydroelectric Power, Law, Law Enforcement, Mining, Orangutans, Plantations, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Threats To Rainforests, Timber, Tropical Deforestation, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra has become a test case for whether Indonesia can enforce environmental law in a region where mining, energy and plantation projects overlap with fragile ecosystems. In late November 2025, a rare [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra has become a test case for whether Indonesia can enforce environmental law in a region where mining, energy and plantation projects overlap with fragile ecosystems. In late November 2025, a rare tropical cyclone, Senyar, swept across this part of northern Sumatra, bringing extreme rainfall that triggered flash floods and landslides in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. The disaster killed at least 1,178 people and displaced around 1 million others, according to government figures, making it one of Indonesia’s deadliest natural disasters in recent history. While the storm provided the immediate trigger, climatologists and environmental researchers say the scale of the destruction can’t be attributed to extreme weather alone. They point also to decades of deforestation, land clearing and landscape alteration that have weakened natural buffers across Sumatra’s upland watersheds. “Extreme weather was only the initial trigger,” Erma Yulihastin, a climate researcher at Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), said at a recent public discussion in Jakarta on disaster risk. “The destructive impact was shaped by weakened environmental buffers upstream.” The government appears to have acknowledged this, with Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq announcing on Dec. 23, 2025, an investigation into eight companies operating in the Batang Toru watershed, to assess whether their activities may have contributed to the floods and landslides. The ministry also ordered all eight companies to cease operations&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/after-cyclone-senyar-indonesia-probes-whether-development-amplified-scale-of-disaster/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Amazon entrepreneur spreads seeds of growth with recycled paper</title>
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					<pubDate>06 Jan 2026 07:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rafael Spuldar]]>
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						<![CDATA[Alexandre de Santi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bioeconomy, Business, Conservation, Environment, Forests, Green, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Innovation, Plants, Pulp And Paper, Reforestation, Seed Dispersal, Sustainability, Trees, and Waste]]>
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							<![CDATA[A burnout pushed one woman to build a new, nature-friendly career in one of the rainforest’s most deforested cities.]]>
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							<![CDATA[Alessandra Moreira worked as an administrative assistant in Altamira, an oversized municipality in the Brazilian Amazon — larger than Portugal or Greece. Burned out and facing anxiety and depression, she left her job, but was unsure of what would come next. “I was having panic attacks and couldn’t identify what was happening to me,” she told Mongabay. Then, a suggestion from her brother changed everything: Why not try making seed paper? Altamira, in the state of Pará, is the most deforested municipality in the Brazilian Amazon. There, “development” is often a synonym for deforestation, environmental degradation, and sometimes violence, erupting from clashes between conservationists, loggers and land grabbers. Despite the local culture, Moreira founded Ecoplante, a company that makes plantable seed paper — recycled sheets embedded with seeds that can typically grow into vegetables, herbs, flowers and, in Ecoplante’s specific case, native Amazonian vegetation, too. What began as a personal healing project has grown into an example of how creativity, entrepreneurship and sustainability can coexist in one of the world’s most fragile ecosystems. Plantable seed paper is made by transforming discarded paper into new sheets infused with plant seeds. The process starts with recycled pulp mixed with water, then spread over a fine-mesh screen and layered with seeds, from herbs like basil and arugula, to flowers like daisies. Once dried, the paper can be written on, used, and later planted. When it decomposes, the seeds germinate, turning what would have been waste into greenery. In 2023, Moreira and her brother&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/amazon-entrepreneur-spreads-seeds-of-growth-with-recycled-paper/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-312231</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Pulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/pulp-giant-rge-admits-possible-deforestation-breach-in-bornean-wildlife-habitat/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Dec 2025 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
						</dc:creator>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Kalimantan, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Certification, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, International Trade, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainable Forest Management, timber trade, and Tropical Deforestation]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — One of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies has acknowledged to Mongabay a potential breach of its no-deforestation commitment in its supply chain, raising questions about the company’s attempt to regain sustainability certification under the Forest Stewardship Council. A new report by U.S.-based campaign group Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleges that Singapore-based [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — One of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies has acknowledged to Mongabay a potential breach of its no-deforestation commitment in its supply chain, raising questions about the company’s attempt to regain sustainability certification under the Forest Stewardship Council. A new report by U.S.-based campaign group Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleges that Singapore-based pulp and paper giant Royal Golden Eagle’s (RGE) supply chain is linked to deforestation in Indonesia, despite the group having adopted a no-deforestation policy in 2015. RGE, owned by Indonesia’s billionaire Tanoto family, is one of the world’s largest producers of wood pulp and the various products made from it, including paper, tissue, packaging, and viscose rayon. According to the report, RGE’s pulp and paper unit in China, Asia Symbol, sourced wood from two pulpwood plantations in Indonesian Borneo where 5,565 hectares (13,751 acres) of natural forest were cleared between 2020 and 2024. The analysis draws on satellite data, field investigations, and customs and wood supply records compiled by supply chain transparency platform Trase in its latest update on Indonesia’s pulp sector. The forest clearance occurred in the watershed of the Mahakam River, which contains some of the largest remaining tracts of intact rainforest in Indonesia and supports populations of critically endangered and iconic species, including the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), Mahakam population of the Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), and the Bornean population of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Previously thought to be extinct in the wild on Borneo, Sumatran rhinos were detected in the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/pulp-giant-rge-admits-possible-deforestation-breach-in-bornean-wildlife-habitat/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Chilean pulp giant Arauco’s history of pollution trails it to Brazil biodiversity site</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/chilean-pulp-giant-araucos-history-of-pollution-trails-it-to-brazil-biodiversity-site/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Nov 2025 09:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Tainah Ramos]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Xavier Bartaburu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Brazil, Cerrado, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Environment, Monocultures, Pollution, and Pulp And Paper]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Chilean company with a history of pollution has begun building a new pulp and paper mill in Brazil, threatening to turn a highly biodiverse region into a “green desert” of eucalyptus monoculture, experts warn. Arauco announced in April this year that it would begin work on the Projeto Sucuriú site in Inocência municipality, in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Chilean company with a history of pollution has begun building a new pulp and paper mill in Brazil, threatening to turn a highly biodiverse region into a “green desert” of eucalyptus monoculture, experts warn. Arauco announced in April this year that it would begin work on the Projeto Sucuriú site in Inocência municipality, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. The project is expected to cover 3,500 hectares (about 8,650 acres) near where the MS-377 highway crosses the Sucuriú River. The company is investing $4.6 billion in the project, or nearly a fifth of Mato Grosso do Sul’s 2021 GDP, according to Brazilian government data. In August, the company signed a contract for financing amounting to $250 million from the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and another $600 million from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Mato Grosso do Sul state environment agency, IMASUL, issued the company its installation license in May 2024, at an event attended by the state’s governor, Eduardo Riedel; Inocência Mayor Antônio Ângelo; and Arauco’s Brazilian CEO, Carlos Altimiras. Riedel said at the event that Arauco is one of the world’s cleanest pulp and paper companies, and touted its commitment to sustainability and carbon neutrality. In Brazil, however, the pulp and paper industry is classified as being potentially highly polluting under the as stated in 2000 National Environmental Policy Law. The project also poses a threat to the biodiversity and water resources of this region of Brazil, which lies in the Cerrado biome, the world’s&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/chilean-pulp-giant-araucos-history-of-pollution-trails-it-to-brazil-biodiversity-site/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>FSC to vote on new traceability rules amid fraud allegations</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/fsc-to-vote-on-new-traceability-rules-amid-fraud-allegations/</link>
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					<pubDate>26 Oct 2025 15:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Philip Jacobson]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Andy Lehren]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and Russia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Certification, Conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Environment, Forests, Greenwashing, International Trade, Politics, Pulp And Paper, Sustainable Forest Management, and Timber]]>
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							<![CDATA[The world’s largest green timber label will vote next week on whether to begin work on new traceability rules, amid renewed scrutiny and accusations over whether the body is doing enough to prevent fraud within its supply chains. The Bonn-based Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) bills itself as “the world’s most trusted mark for sustainable forestry.” [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The world’s largest green timber label will vote next week on whether to begin work on new traceability rules, amid renewed scrutiny and accusations over whether the body is doing enough to prevent fraud within its supply chains. The Bonn-based Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) bills itself as “the world’s most trusted mark for sustainable forestry.” Its tree-tick logo can be found on everything from furniture and snowboards to toilet paper and takeaway containers, an assurance the product was made with wood from forests the FSC has certified as responsibly managed. FSC certification appears on products worth tens of billions of dollars in sales each year. But forestry experts and whistleblowers have alleged for years that the FSC lacks a proper control system, allowing bad actors to fraudulently pass off timber that was illegally or unsustainably logged as FSC-certified. Phil Guillery, who was the FSC’s integrity director from 2011-21, said in early October that he believed “20-30% of claims in the system were false” during his tenure “and I haven’t seen anything to suggest the figure has dropped since.” The FSC issued a swift rebuttal to Guillery’s claims, calling them unsubstantiated and “based on outdated information that does not reflect the system today.” “Integrity is central to FSC’s mission, and we take any allegation of fraudulent behaviour seriously,” the FSC said. However, a senior FSC official currently with the organization told Mongabay this week that they believed the figure was actually an underestimate. “I’m actually amazed he said 20-30 percent —&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/fsc-to-vote-on-new-traceability-rules-amid-fraud-allegations/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-308306</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Critics say FSC update risks weakening accountability for forest harm</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/critics-say-fsc-update-risks-weakening-accountability-for-forest-harm/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Sep 2025 07:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
						</dc:creator>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Certification, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Ecosystems, Environment, Forests, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Reforestation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, Supply Chain, and Tropical Deforestation]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — The world’s largest sustainable timber label is under fire for revising how it applies its rules on corporate accountability — a move activists say could let forestry giants long tied to deforestation and land conflicts rebrand themselves as “green.” The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which certifies wood and paper products worldwide, confirmed to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — The world’s largest sustainable timber label is under fire for revising how it applies its rules on corporate accountability — a move activists say could let forestry giants long tied to deforestation and land conflicts rebrand themselves as “green.” The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which certifies wood and paper products worldwide, confirmed to Mongabay that it has revised its internal guidance on the scope of a company’s “corporate group.” The concept is central to the FSC’s rules because it determines how to deal with a company that’s certified if one of its uncertified subsidiaries, suppliers or affiliates is found to have committed forestry violations. The FSC’s corporate group definition is currently based on the standard of “common control” drawn up by the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi), a collaborative effort by 25 NGOs to build and scale up ethical supply chains for agricultural and forestry products. “This work considers the learnings to date on identifying and concluding the scope of the corporate group and builds on the strengths of the [AFi’s] definition,” the FSC said in a statement. “This is not the same as reviewing the definition itself.” The distinction matters because under the FSC’s Policy for Association and Remedy Framework, an entire corporate group can be held accountable for destructive practices like illegal logging, human rights abuses, or deforestation by any of its members. Under the remedy framework, firms that have lost their FSC certification, or been “disassociated,” can only return to the FSC fold if they make&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/critics-say-fsc-update-risks-weakening-accountability-for-forest-harm/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-306052</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Pulp and paper giant APP moves closer to regaining FSC stamp despite pending review</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/pulp-and-paper-giant-app-moves-closer-to-regaining-fsc-stamp-despite-pending-review/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Aug 2025 10:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Jambi, Southeast Asia, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Certification, Conflict, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Environment, Forestry, Forests, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Land Rights, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Reforestation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, Social Conflict, Threats To Rainforests, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Asia Pulp &#38; Paper, one of the world’s biggest forestry groups, has effectively been given the green light to seek ethical certification from the Forest Stewardship Council — a stamp of approval that it was stripped of 18 years ago for deforestation and other violations. In a decision announced in July, the FSC, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Asia Pulp &amp; Paper, one of the world’s biggest forestry groups, has effectively been given the green light to seek ethical certification from the Forest Stewardship Council — a stamp of approval that it was stripped of 18 years ago for deforestation and other violations. In a decision announced in July, the FSC, the world’s leading certifier of sustainable forestry practices, lifted a suspension to allow APP to resume its remedy process — a series of remedial and restorative measures for past violations that would eventually make the company eligible for FSC certification. Watchdog groups say the move caught them by surprise, especially given that a key legal review into the company’s web of corporate holdings remains unfinished. They warn this lets one of the world’s most notorious forestry firms fast-track its return to the ethical timber trade, and also exposes communities in conflict with APP-linked companies to further harm. “We were led to believe that the outcome of the legal review would inform whether APP was eligible to re-enter the remedy process,” the Forest Peoples Programme, a U.K.-based campaign group, told Mongabay. “Proceeding in advance undermines trust in the process and diminishes the credibility of the review itself.” Log yard of Sinar Mas Group/Asia Pulp and Paper&#8217;s Indah Kiat pulp&#8217;s paper mill in Riau Province, Sumatra. In 2003, a lot of the logs used by the mill was obtained by large scale clearance of natural forest. Tangled corporate web APP is the main pulp and paper arm&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/pulp-and-paper-giant-app-moves-closer-to-regaining-fsc-stamp-despite-pending-review/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-304616</doi>				</item>
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					<title>How Indonesian companies dodge fines for forest &#038; peatland fires</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/how-indonesian-companies-dodge-fines-for-forest-peatland-fires/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Aug 2025 12:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Jambi, Riau, Southeast Asia, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Climate, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Environment, Environmental Law, Fires, Forests, Law, Law Enforcement, Palm Oil, Plantations, Pollution, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Timber, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s courts have ordered plantation companies to pay more than 21 trillion rupiah ($1.3 billion), an amount 28 times the environment ministry’s entire annual budget, for forest and peatland fires — yet almost none of that has been collected. This leaves burned land unrestored, smoke returning each dry season and climate goals slipping [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s courts have ordered plantation companies to pay more than 21 trillion rupiah ($1.3 billion), an amount 28 times the environment ministry’s entire annual budget, for forest and peatland fires — yet almost none of that has been collected. This leaves burned land unrestored, smoke returning each dry season and climate goals slipping further out of reach. The challenges stem from legal loopholes, noncooperation, strategic bankruptcies and weak inter-agency coordination. But not all companies dodge responsibility — some are settling their debts, albeit painfully late. After a decade of legal stalemate, palm oil company PT Kallista Alam has begun paying its 366 billion rupiah ($22.6 million) fine for burning peat forest in the Tripa swamp, an important Sumatran orangutan habitat, between 2009 and 2012. Another company, pulpwood producer PT Bumi Mekar Hijau, a supplier to paper giant Asia Pulp &amp; Paper (APP), has also paid in full its fines of 78.5 billion rupiah ($4.8 million) for fires in its concession. These exceptions underscore the norm: Most fines remain unpaid, fueling a cycle of impunity where fires continue to flare up in concessions already found guilty by court. Four recent cases illustrate the different ways companies evade payment, and how weak enforcement perpetuates the cycle. Smoke rising from a forest fire in Riau. Image by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay. PT Merbau Pelalawan Lestari One of the starkest cases involves industrial forestry firm PT Merbau Pelalawan Lestari (MPL). In 2016, the Supreme Court fined PT MPL 16.2 trillion ($1&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/how-indonesian-companies-dodge-fines-for-forest-peatland-fires/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Hope and frustration as Indonesia pilots FSC’s logging remedy framework</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/hope-and-frustration-as-indonesia-pilots-fscs-logging-remedy-framework/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Jul 2025 10:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Business, Certification, Conflict, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Deforestation, Environment, Forestry, Forests, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Logging, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Reforestation, Rehabilitation, Social Conflict, Threats To Rainforests, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia is testing whether one of the world’s most powerful timber certifiers can deliver justice — or merely a reset — to forest communities harmed by industrial logging. At stake is the credibility of the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) first-of-its-kind “remedy framework,” an ambitious mechanism that allows logging companies stripped of certification to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia is testing whether one of the world’s most powerful timber certifiers can deliver justice — or merely a reset — to forest communities harmed by industrial logging. At stake is the credibility of the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) first-of-its-kind “remedy framework,” an ambitious mechanism that allows logging companies stripped of certification to regain it — but only if they repair the environmental and social damage they’ve caused. But early implementation has exposed cracks — particularly in how past harms are assessed. The FSC is the world’s most recognizable ethical wood certifier, whose logo of a green checkmark and tree is widely used to assure consumers of sustainable sourcing and appears on forestry products — from furniture to paper — worldwide. Under the remedy framework that was adopted in 2023, forestry companies can obtain or regain sustainability certificates if they remedy past environmental and social harms. Two of Indonesia’s largest forestry firms have entered this process, making the country a global testing ground for what could become a new model of corporate accountability, opening the door to restoring millions of hectares of forests, and bringing restitution to thousands of affected communities. FSC director-general Subhra Bhattacharjee told Mongabay that the Indonesian context will highlight the framework’s limitations and the need to customize it to local conditions, “because what works in Indonesia won&#8217;t necessarily work in another country — but the processes will.” Area of natural forest near a river cleared by PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL). Toba Pulp Lestari&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/hope-and-frustration-as-indonesia-pilots-fscs-logging-remedy-framework/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Strengthening global forest certification and delivering remedy: Interview with FSC’s Subhra Bhattacharjee</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/strengthening-global-forest-certification-and-delivering-remedy-interview-with-fscs-subhra-bhattacharjee/</link>
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					<pubDate>21 Jul 2025 13:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Certification, Conflict, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Deforestation, Environment, Forests, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Land Rights, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Social Conflict, Threats To Rainforests, Timber, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[Forestry companies, including pulp and paper producers, have a long history of deforestation and social conflict in tropical countries like Indonesia. In Indonesia, millions of hectares of rainforest and peatland have been cleared to make way for industrial forest plantations, displacing thousands of communities from their customary lands in the process. To help ensure sustainable [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Forestry companies, including pulp and paper producers, have a long history of deforestation and social conflict in tropical countries like Indonesia. In Indonesia, millions of hectares of rainforest and peatland have been cleared to make way for industrial forest plantations, displacing thousands of communities from their customary lands in the process. To help ensure sustainable forestry practices, a voluntary global certification organization, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), was established in 1993 by a coalition of environmentalists, Indigenous groups, human rights advocates and timber industry players. Since then, FSC has grown into the world’s most recognizable ethical wood certifier. Its logo — a green checkmark and stylized tree — is widely used to assure consumers that forestry products are sourced sustainably. In 2022, Mongabay spoke with then-FSC director-general Kim Carstensen, who emphasized the need to strengthen the credibility and accountability of forest certification. Two years later, his successor, Subhra Bhattacharjee, is leading the FSC through one of its most ambitious reforms to date: the remedy framework. Adopted in 2023, the framework allows companies previously disassociated from FSC, including some responsible for major deforestation, to regain certification if they undertake credible efforts to redress past environmental and social harms. Indonesia, home to some of the most protracted and complex forestry conflicts in the tropics, is now the testing ground for this framework. Two of the world’s largest pulp and paper producers, including APRIL, are currently undergoing the remedy process. But a recent report by a coalition of NGOs — including Forest Peoples&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/strengthening-global-forest-certification-and-delivering-remedy-interview-with-fscs-subhra-bhattacharjee/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Deforestation and fires persist in Indonesia’s pulpwood and biomass plantations</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/deforestation-and-fires-persist-in-indonesias-pulpwood-and-biomass-plantations/</link>
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					<pubDate>28 May 2025 08:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Business, Conflict, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Ecosystems, Environment, Fires, Forestry, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Land Rights, Landscape Restoration, Logging, Peatlands, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Restoration, Threats To Rainforests, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Industrial plantations of trees to make paper and wood pellets are causing widespread and persistent environmental and social violations in Indonesia, despite claims to the contrary by the industry and government, a new report shows. A coalition of 13 NGOs, including Walhi, Indonesia’s biggest environmental watchdog, looked into the operations of 33 plantation [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Industrial plantations of trees to make paper and wood pellets are causing widespread and persistent environmental and social violations in Indonesia, despite claims to the contrary by the industry and government, a new report shows. A coalition of 13 NGOs, including Walhi, Indonesia’s biggest environmental watchdog, looked into the operations of 33 plantation companies and used ground investigations, satellite imagery and community interviews to find repeated violations between 2023 and 2025 across 11 provinces. Their report details the clearing of natural forests, destruction of peatlands, uncontrolled fires, pollution, encroachment beyond licensed concession areas, and ongoing land conflicts with local communities. The companies in question are all licensed to clear natural forest to plant acacia and eucalyptus, used to make paper and wood pulp, or calliandra and gliricidia, to make wood pellets that are burned to generate energy. “If a company is still clearing natural forests, it’s undermining efforts to meet carbon neutrality goals, since preserving forests within concessions is key to [those goals],” said Difa Shafira, the forestry lead at the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL), part of the NGO coalition. The coalition presented its findings to the forestry ministry in mid-April, saying it hoped there would be follow-up action, given President Prabowo Subianto’s stated commitment to turning Indonesia’s forests into a net carbon sink. “Looking at the president’s vision and mission statements, there’s a stated priority to take firm action against polluters,” said Okto Yugo Setiyo, coordinator of Jikalahari, one of the NGOs. A ministry official&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/deforestation-and-fires-persist-in-indonesias-pulpwood-and-biomass-plantations/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/surge-in-legal-land-clearing-pushes-up-indonesia-deforestation-rate-in-2024/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Feb 2025 04:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Papua, Southeast Asia, Sulawesi, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Business, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Energy, Environment, forest degradation, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Habitat, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Mining, Orangutans, Palm Oil, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, and Tropical Deforestation]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021. The data also show that the vast majority of forest loss is legal, a stark difference from previous periods dominated by illegal deforestation. The country lost 261,575 hectares (646,366 acres) of forests, an area [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021. The data also show that the vast majority of forest loss is legal, a stark difference from previous periods dominated by illegal deforestation. The country lost 261,575 hectares (646,366 acres) of forests, an area four times the size of Jakarta. That’s up 1.6% from 2023, according to data from environmental NGO Auriga Nusantara, which has been monitoring the country’s forest cover for years. “While it’s only 4,000 hectares [nearly 10,000 acres] of increase [in forest loss], it’s still a worrying trend,” Auriga Nusantara director Timer Manurung told Mongabay. “At a time when natural forests [in Indonesia] keep shrinking, this number is still significant.” This increase after years of declining deforestation shows how the government has failed to protect the country’s remaining forests, estimated at less than 90 million hectares (222 million acres), according to official data, Timer said. While the government has issued a number of forest protection policies, they’re aimed mainly at restricting the issuance of new concessions for plantations and other commercial activities that involve clearing forests. But there’s no policy to protect the remaining stands of forest that lie within existing concessions that have already been granted by the government, Timer said. In fact, the government incentivizes companies to clear forests within their concessions once they have the permits to do so, and punishes them for not doing so fast enough by rescinding the concessions and&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/surge-in-legal-land-clearing-pushes-up-indonesia-deforestation-rate-in-2024/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indonesian-company-defies-order-plants-acacia-in-orangutan-habitat/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Jan 2025 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Southeast Asia, and West Kalimantan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Apes, Business, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Great Apes, Habitat, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Orangutans, Peatlands, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Tropical Deforestation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — The Indonesian company responsible for the largest amount of deforestation, PT Mayawana Persada, has largely ceased clearing peatlands in the western part of Borneo. However, it has shifted focus to planting acacia trees on previously cleared peatlands, defying a government directive to halt activities and rehabilitate degraded land. Environmental activists warn that the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — The Indonesian company responsible for the largest amount of deforestation, PT Mayawana Persada, has largely ceased clearing peatlands in the western part of Borneo. However, it has shifted focus to planting acacia trees on previously cleared peatlands, defying a government directive to halt activities and rehabilitate degraded land. Environmental activists warn that the company’s actions pose ongoing threats to the critically endangered Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), whose habitats overlap significantly with the concession. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry issued a directive on March 28, 2024, ordering Mayawana Persada to stop logging in its pulpwood concession and focus on restoring damaged peatlands. Despite this, the company has continued planting acacia trees on cleared peatlands, including in areas designated as protected. “The forestry ministry should act tougher by ordering Mayawana Persada to halt all activities and begin rehabilitating the damaged land,” said Andi Muttaqien, executive director of the environmental NGO Satya Bumi. Satellite imagery and field visits by Satya Bumi revealed young acacia trees planted in areas like Padu Banjar and Sungai Mata-Mata villages. Analysis in September 2024 also detected heavy machinery building canals in the Sungai Mata-Mata village, supporting further planting activities. Newly planted acacia trees in Mayawana Persada&#8217;s pulpwood concession in North Kayong, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on December 13, 2024. The age of the acacia trees indicate that the planting was done after the forestry ministry had ordered Mayawana Persada to halt activities, according to Restu Diantina Putri, a communication strategist from Satya Bumi who made the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indonesian-company-defies-order-plants-acacia-in-orangutan-habitat/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Companies banking on tech and collaboration to comply with EUDR</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/companies-banking-on-tech-and-collaboration-to-comply-with-eudr/</link>
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					<pubDate>31 Dec 2024 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sarah Brown]]>
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						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Food systems]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, European Union, Latin America, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Blockchain, Cacao, Commodity agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Technology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, data, Deforestation, Environment, EUDR, Forests, Mapping, Monitoring, Palm Oil, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Remote Sensing, Satellite Imagery, Soy, Supply Chain, Technology, Tropical Deforestation, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[The EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, will require companies importing certain products into the European Union to trace the origins of these products all the way back up the supply chain to prove that they’re not associated with deforestation. It takes effect at the end of 2025, presenting companies with major logistical challenges, including issues [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, will require companies importing certain products into the European Union to trace the origins of these products all the way back up the supply chain to prove that they’re not associated with deforestation. It takes effect at the end of 2025, presenting companies with major logistical challenges, including issues of accurate reporting across multiple countries, compliance with local laws, and ensuring small farmers remain a part of global supply chains. That’s led businesses to turn to technological solutions for help complying ahead of the deadline. Originally scheduled to take effect this month, the EUDR was postponed by a year over concerns that many businesses weren’t ready. Representing a significant step in the EU&#8217;s efforts to curb climate change through supply chain accountability, the EUDR targets products that use soy, coffee, palm oil, cocoa, timber, rubber and beef — all commodities that have historically contributed to deforestation in the countries in which they’re produced. Products associated with deforestation or irregular land conversion after a cutoff date of Dec. 31, 2020, will be barred from import into the EU. Brazil’s AMACRO region, the triple border between the states of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia, have long been the target of deforestation, invasion of public lands, mining, burning, and logging. Image © Bruno Kelly/Greenpeace. But tracing each product’s journey from farm to factory to consumer requires accurate data reporting and strong relationships with suppliers at every stage of the supply chain: a daunting task for companies with thousands&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/companies-banking-on-tech-and-collaboration-to-comply-with-eudr/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Even for ‘progressive’ Danone, complying with EUDR is a challenge</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/even-for-progressive-danone-complying-with-eudr-is-a-challenge/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Dec 2024 11:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Maxwell Radwin]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Food systems]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Asia, European Union, and Latin America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cacao, Certification, Commodity agriculture, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, EUDR, Food, Food Industry, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Law, Law Enforcement, Monitoring, Palm Oil, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Soy, Supply Chain, and Tropical Deforestation]]>
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							<![CDATA[French dairy giant Danone has been around for more than a century and operates across more than 55 countries, producing everything from yogurt and milk to protein drinks and baby formula. It did $28.9 billion in sales last year, maintaining its spot as the world’s top dairy producer. But to make all that happen, the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[French dairy giant Danone has been around for more than a century and operates across more than 55 countries, producing everything from yogurt and milk to protein drinks and baby formula. It did $28.9 billion in sales last year, maintaining its spot as the world’s top dairy producer. But to make all that happen, the company needs a complex operation of paper products, soy, palm oil and cocoa — much of it sourced from countries with vulnerable rainforests like the Amazon. With the European Union’s deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) set to go into effect at the end of 2025, Danone and other companies that deal in cocoa, soy and other commodities tied to deforestation are facing extra scrutiny as they prepare to meet some of the most rigorous environmental trade restrictions ever implemented. The EUDR requires companies importing cocoa, cattle, rubber, soy, wood, palm oil and coffee into the EU to demonstrate their products weren’t grown on land deforested after Dec. 31, 2020. It’s proven to be a significant challenge even for companies with relatively strong environmental track records, like Danone. Tracking the impacts of sensitive commodities requires advanced technology and strong relationships with suppliers, but can still ultimately fall short for huge corporations that work across multiple countries. “Voluntary practices are not enough for the magnitude of the challenge [combating deforestation and forest conversion], and public policy such as the EUDR helps bring additional transparency, due diligence and collaboration across the value chain as a few good actors and a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/even-for-progressive-danone-complying-with-eudr-is-a-challenge/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Brazil paper and pulp industry invests in blockchain to comply with EUDR</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/brazil-paper-and-pulp-industry-invests-in-blockchain-to-comply-with-eudr/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Dec 2024 15:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Karla Mendes]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Brazil, European Union, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Deforestation, Environment, EUDR, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Governance, Law Enforcement, Monitoring, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Supply Chain, and Timber]]>
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							<![CDATA[The European Union&#8217;s deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) won&#8217;t affect the operations of Brazil&#8217;s paper and pulp industry, which has already traced its supply chains &#8220;from farm to factory&#8221; for more than two decades and doesn&#8217;t source from illegal deforested areas, the country&#8217;s industry association says. However, the fulfillment of some specific EUDR requirements compel companies [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The European Union&#8217;s deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) won&#8217;t affect the operations of Brazil&#8217;s paper and pulp industry, which has already traced its supply chains &#8220;from farm to factory&#8221; for more than two decades and doesn&#8217;t source from illegal deforested areas, the country&#8217;s industry association says. However, the fulfillment of some specific EUDR requirements compel companies to invest in blockchain and other technologies, which could increase the cost per ton of pulp by up to $230, according to the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá). &#8220;Although for Ibá&#8217;s members the [EUDR] adjustments have not changed their business model, nevertheless they have demanded and will continue to demand higher production costs,&#8221; Ibá tells Mongabay in an emailed interview. Production costs will likely increase between $40 and $230 per ton of pulp depending on the size and complexity of the supply chain, Ibá says, referring to estimates from RISI Fastmarkets, a leading information provider for the forest products industry. The EUDR, initially planned to come into effect this month and recently postponed for another year, will require suppliers to prove that their products exported to the EU aren’t sourced from illegally deforested areas. The legislation followed increasing claims of commodities exports to the EU linked to illegal deforestation. In Brazil, experts say the EUDR will help halt illegal deforestation in the Amazon. Deforestation in the Amazon in 2022. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay. Brazil exports 4.4 million tons of pulp to the EU per year, an essential input for the tissue paper market,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/brazil-paper-and-pulp-industry-invests-in-blockchain-to-comply-with-eudr/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Eucalyptus expansion worsens droughts and fires in Brazil&#8217;s Cerrado, conservationists say</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/eucalyptus-expansion-worsens-droughts-and-fires-in-brazils-cerrado-conservationists-say/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Aug 2024 13:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sarah Brown]]>
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						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[global forests]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Business, Carbon Offsets, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Deforestation, Drought, Ecosystems, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forestry, Forests, Freshwater, Global Environmental Crisis, Grasslands, Indigenous Peoples, Land Grabbing, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, and Savannas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Suzano, the world’s largest exporter of eucalyptus pulp, vigorously promotes an environmentally and socially responsible agenda: promising to slash carbon emissions, reduce poverty, and restore fragmented natural vegetation in its native Brazil. However, conservationists have called these claims into question, saying that behind Suzano’s green image, the company’s expanding eucalyptus plantations are drying out the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Suzano, the world’s largest exporter of eucalyptus pulp, vigorously promotes an environmentally and socially responsible agenda: promising to slash carbon emissions, reduce poverty, and restore fragmented natural vegetation in its native Brazil. However, conservationists have called these claims into question, saying that behind Suzano’s green image, the company’s expanding eucalyptus plantations are drying out the land and increasing wildfire risk in the Cerrado savanna, which is already experiencing record drought. A report released in July by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) says the high water consumption of eucalyptus monocultures — 30-60 liters (8-16 gallons) of water daily per tree — in the Cerrado is worsening drought conditions linked to climate change and extreme weather. The Cerrado savanna, covering an area larger than Mexico and crucial for regulating 40% of Brazil’s freshwater, is facing its worst drought in more than 700 years, according to a 2024 study. Eucalyptus trees being cut down before getting transported to a pulp mill for processing. Eucalyptus pulp is made into toilet paper, tissues and other paper products. Image © Daniel Beltrá/Greenpeace. The EPN report also says that many allegations against Suzano, reported by Mongabay in December 2021 — such as land grabbing, biodiversity loss, and social conflicts with traditional communities — remain unresolved. In response to the report, Suzano has challenged the allegations. Suzano told Mongabay that climate change is the main driver of drought and fire, and that “any area occupied by forest, whether natural or planted, has benefits arising from the forest ecosystem,”&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/eucalyptus-expansion-worsens-droughts-and-fires-in-brazils-cerrado-conservationists-say/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Sumatra pulp &#038; paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/sumatra-pulp-paper-giants-violate-zero-deforestation-pledge-activists-allege/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 Jul 2024 05:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Riau, Southeast Asia, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Business, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Environment, Environmental Law, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forestry, Forests, Industry, Law, Law Enforcement, Logging, Peatlands, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Timber, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Activists allege that two of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies have violated their zero-deforestation pledge by clearing natural forests and peatlands in Indonesia. An investigation by a coalition of Indonesian NGOs found deforestation within and around the concessions of Asia Pulp &#38; Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Activists allege that two of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies have violated their zero-deforestation pledge by clearing natural forests and peatlands in Indonesia. An investigation by a coalition of Indonesian NGOs found deforestation within and around the concessions of Asia Pulp &amp; Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. (APRIL) on the island of Sumatra. In the case of APRIL, the coalition alleged that two of its concessions had cleared natural forests and destroyed peatlands, with some of their activities suspected to have been carried out without legal permits. The first concession is operated by PT Riau Andalan Pulp &amp; Paper (RAPP) in Sungai Mandau region, Siak district, Riau province. Using satellite imagery analysis and on-the-ground investigation, the coalition found 9 hectares (22 acres) of deforestation within RAPP’s concession since June 2023, and beginning in August 2023, new clearance of 83 hectares (205 acres) has been detected around the concession. Satellite image showing deforestation in PT Riau Andalan Pulp &amp; Paper (RAPP) in Sungai Mandau region, Siak district, Riau province. Image courtesy of Jikalahari. What once had been native trees was replaced with newly planted acacia trees, a fast-growing pulpwood tree species, the coalition found. The forest clearance was still detected as of April 2024. According to the investigation, the forest clearance was done by the same workers using the same equipment, indicating that RAPP is not only behind the deforestation within its concession, but also outside it. This, the coalition said, might be&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/sumatra-pulp-paper-giants-violate-zero-deforestation-pledge-activists-allege/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Indonesian company defies order, still clearing peatlands in orangutan habitat</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indonesian-company-defies-order-still-clearing-peatlands-in-orangutan-habitat/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 May 2024 03:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Southeast Asia, and West Kalimantan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Apes, Biodiversity, Business, carbon, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Conflict, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Endangered Species, Environment, Forest Carbon, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Great Apes, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Land Rights, Logging, Mammals, Orangutans, Peatlands, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Threats To Rainforests, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s largest deforesting company has continued to clear peatland despite an order by the government for the firm to stop clearing rainforests. The company in question is pulpwood producer PT Mayawana Persada. Since 2016, the company has cleared more than 35,000 hectares (86,500 acres) of forests to establish monoculture pulpwood plantations — an [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia’s largest deforesting company has continued to clear peatland despite an order by the government for the firm to stop clearing rainforests. The company in question is pulpwood producer PT Mayawana Persada. Since 2016, the company has cleared more than 35,000 hectares (86,500 acres) of forests to establish monoculture pulpwood plantations — an area half the size of Singapore — in its concession in West Kalimantan province, sized at 136,710 hectares (337,800 acres). Activists noted that these clearances happened on critical orangutan habitat and carbon-rich peatlands. Some 30,296 hectares (74,900 acres) of peatland, with 15,560 hectares (38,400 acres) of them being protected, had been converted as of March 2024, according to an analysis by a coalition of NGOs. Map of peatland conversion in PT Mayawana Persada&#8217;s concession in West Kalimantan as of March 2024. The analysis also found clearance of 15,643 hectares (38,700 acres) of known habitat for the critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) from 2016-22. The case has attracted a public spotlight due to the sheer scale of the deforestation and the importance of the ecosystems in the concession for climate change and the survival of endangered wildlife. A recent report, which investigated Mayawana Persada’s activities, described it as “one of Indonesia’s biggest ongoing cases of deforestation” and linked the company to Singapore-based paper and palm oil conglomerate Royal Golden Eagle (RGE). RGE has denied any affiliation with Mayawana Persada, despite findings of shared key personnel, operational management connections and supply chain links. Numerous media and&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indonesian-company-defies-order-still-clearing-peatlands-in-orangutan-habitat/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Report links pulpwood estate clearing Bornean orangutan habitat to RGE Group</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/report-links-pulpwood-estate-clearing-bornean-orangutan-habitat-to-rge-group/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Mar 2024 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Hayat Indriyatno]]>
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							<![CDATA[Great Apes]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Southeast Asia, and West Kalimantan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Apes, Business, carbon, Carbon Emissions, Climate, Climate Change, Conflict, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Environment, Forest Carbon, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Great Apes, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Peatlands, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Sustainability, Sustainable Forest Management, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, Wildlife, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia is experiencing a resurgence in forest clearance due to the expansion of pulpwood and oil palm plantations, reversing years of declining deforestation associated with these two industries. And at the forefront of this new wave of deforestation is a single company identified in a report by a coalition of environmental NGOs that [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Indonesia is experiencing a resurgence in forest clearance due to the expansion of pulpwood and oil palm plantations, reversing years of declining deforestation associated with these two industries. And at the forefront of this new wave of deforestation is a single company identified in a report by a coalition of environmental NGOs that include the Environmental Paper Network, Woods &amp; Wayside International and Rainforest Action Network. Since 2021, according to the report, pulpwood producer PT Mayawana Persada has converted 33,070 hectares (81,718 acres) of rainforest to monoculture pulpwood plantations — an area nearly half the size of Singapore — in the western part of Indonesian Borneo. Timelapse animation of deforestation within Mayawana Persada&#8217;s concession in West Kalimantan from 2021 to 2023. Image courtesy of Nusantara Atlas. The report describes it as “one of Indonesia’s biggest ongoing cases of deforestation,” occurring within a concession that largely overlaps with critical orangutan habitat and carbon-rich peatlands. Using data from forest monitoring platform Nusantara Atlas, run by technology consultancy TheTreeMap, the report found that more than 80% of the deforestation in the company’s concession in 2023 occurred in carbon-rich peat areas. Of this, more than 4,600 hectares (11,400 acres) took place in landscapes with a peat layer 3-7 meters (10-23 feet) deep, according to monitoring by Greenpeace Indonesia, another member of the coalition behind the report. These areas of deep peats are categorized as protected areas under Indonesian regulations, and thus should be off-limits to clearance and cultivation, Greenpeace Indonesia pointed out.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/report-links-pulpwood-estate-clearing-bornean-orangutan-habitat-to-rge-group/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Ten years since anti-deforestation pledge, corporate world still not doing enough</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/ten-years-since-anti-deforestation-pledge-corporate-world-still-not-doing-enough/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Mar 2024 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Maxwell Radwin]]>
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						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Beef, Cattle, Climate Change, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Industrial Agriculture, International Trade, Land Rights, Palm Oil, Politics, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Ranching, Soy, Supply Chain, Threats To Rainforests, Timber, Tropical Deforestation, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[It was supposed to be a major milestone, back in 2014, when hundreds of governments and companies came together to sign the New York Declaration on Forests, aimed at eliminating natural forest loss worldwide. But many of the declaration’s goals have come and gone over the last decade, and companies continue to lag behind on [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[It was supposed to be a major milestone, back in 2014, when hundreds of governments and companies came together to sign the New York Declaration on Forests, aimed at eliminating natural forest loss worldwide. But many of the declaration’s goals have come and gone over the last decade, and companies continue to lag behind on meeting future ones. One organization, Global Canopy, a U.K.-based not-for-profit, has been monitoring major players in the private sector since the declaration was signed. Its database, named Forest 500 because of the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions included on the list, keeps track of who’s made what promises and how close they are to fulfilling them. It focuses on commodities with the greatest impact on forests — beef, leather, soy, palm oil, timber, pulp and paper — and what policies have been put in place to eliminate deforestation from those supply chains. Global Canopy released its 10th annual Forest 500 report last month, a notable opportunity to reflect on what progress has or has not been made over the last decade. Numerous companies still haven’t developed a single deforestation policy for their supply chains in that time. Others have developed policies but failed to implement them in a meaningful way. And those with strong, long-term goals aren’t always doing enough to meet them. “To ensure a livable future, the world cannot endure another decade of limited progress,” the report said. “This is the critical decade for humanity.” Companies on the Forest 500 list include&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/ten-years-since-anti-deforestation-pledge-corporate-world-still-not-doing-enough/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Reversing progress, Indonesia pulp &#038; paper drives up deforestation rates again</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/reversing-progress-indonesia-pulp-paper-drives-up-deforestation-rates-again/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Jan 2024 10:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[carbon, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Global Warming, Governance, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, International Trade, Peatlands, Plantations, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Threats To Rainforests, Trade, Tropical Deforestation, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — After years of declining deforestation, forest loss caused by Indonesia’s pulp sector is on the rise again, showing a fivefold increase in 2022 compared with 2017 levels, a new analysis shows. In the 1990s and 2000s, Indonesia’s pulp and paper industry was among the country’s primary drivers of deforestation. Since 2001, the industry [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — After years of declining deforestation, forest loss caused by Indonesia’s pulp sector is on the rise again, showing a fivefold increase in 2022 compared with 2017 levels, a new analysis shows. In the 1990s and 2000s, Indonesia’s pulp and paper industry was among the country’s primary drivers of deforestation. Since 2001, the industry had established 3 million hectares (7.41 million acres) of plantations and cleared a million hectares (2.47 million acres) of forest in the process. In recent years, in light of public pressure, an increasing number of producers and buyers of wood pulp and paper have adopted zero-deforestation commitments, notably two of the country’s largest producers: Asia Pulp &amp; Paper (APP), a subsidiary of conglomerate Sinar Mas group, and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) group, in 2013 and 2015, respectively. The corporate commitments to stop deforestation were followed by dramatic declines in deforestation, with the average deforestation rate falling by 85% when comparing the three-year average for 2017-19 and 2010-12, according to data from Trase, a supply chain transparency initiative. However, wood pulp-driven deforestation started to rise again beginning in 2017, spiking nearly fivefold between 2017 and 2022, according to the analysis by Trase, which used satellite data from the forest loss monitoring platform TheTreeMap. The uptick in deforestation is likely to be driven by an increase in wood consumption, as pulp and paper producers are building and operating new mills to meet a surge in global demand&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/reversing-progress-indonesia-pulp-paper-drives-up-deforestation-rates-again/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The year in rainforests: 2023</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/the-year-in-rainforests-2023/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Dec 2023 03:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rhett Ayers Butler]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Amazon, Asia, Brazil, Global, Indonesia, Latin America, South America, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation, Biodiversity, carbon, Carbon Market, Carbon Offsets, Conservation, Conservation Finance, Deforestation, Drought, El Nino, Environment, Environmental Law, Fires, Forest Carbon, Forests, Governance, Green, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Redd, Remote Sensing, Threats To Rainforests, Tropical Forests, Year-end review, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[The following is Mongabay’s annual recap of major tropical rainforest storylines. This year, the list is more concise than in the past. Previous year-in-reviews: 2022 &#124; 2021 &#124; 2020 &#124; The 2010s &#124; 2019 &#124; 2018 &#124; 2017 &#124; 2016 &#124; 2015 &#124; 2014 &#124; 2013 &#124; 2012 &#124; 2011 &#124; 2009 While the data [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The following is Mongabay’s annual recap of major tropical rainforest storylines. This year, the list is more concise than in the past. Previous year-in-reviews: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | The 2010s | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2009 While the data is still preliminary, it appears that deforestation declined across the tropics as a whole in 2023 due to developments in the Amazon, which has more than half the world’s remaining primary tropical forests. Sharp decline in Amazon deforestation An analysis published in December by the MAAP initiative revealed a significant decrease in deforestation. In the first 11 months of 2023, deforestation totaled 912,000 hectares, marking a 56% reduction compared to the same period in 2022, and a 68% decrease from 2020 levels. MAAP&#8217;s preliminary estimate for deforestation across the Amazon basin in 2023. Brazil played a key role in this decline. The country&#8217;s National Space Research Institute (INPE) reported a 22% decrease in deforestation for the year ending July 31, 2023. This downward trend intensified after August 1st. Lula prioritizes the Amazon A major factor in reducing deforestation across the Brazilian Amazon was the transition from Jair Bolsonaro’s administration, which dismantled environmental protections, to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s. Lula campaigned on a platform of addressing rampant forest destruction. Annual deforestation in the legal Amazon since 1988, according to INPE&#8217;s PRODES system. Note: 2023 data is preliminary. After reassuming office on January 1, 2023, Lula&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/the-year-in-rainforests-2023/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Calls for FSC to drop Canada’s Paper Excellence over ties to deforester</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/calls-for-fsc-to-drop-canadas-paper-excellence-over-ties-to-deforester/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Nov 2023 03:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hayat Indriyatno]]>
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							<![CDATA[Canada, Indonesia, North America, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Business, Certification, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forestry, Forests, Logging, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Sustainability, Sustainable Forest Management, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Activists have urged the Forest Stewardship Council to cut ties with a leading Canadian pulp and paper producer that they allege is effectively under the control of an Indonesian conglomerate notorious for millions of hectares of deforestation. Paper Excellence, based in British Columbia, controls 22 million hectares (54 million acres) of forest in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Activists have urged the Forest Stewardship Council to cut ties with a leading Canadian pulp and paper producer that they allege is effectively under the control of an Indonesian conglomerate notorious for millions of hectares of deforestation. Paper Excellence, based in British Columbia, controls 22 million hectares (54 million acres) of forest in Canada and the United States, of which 7.3 million hectares (18 million acres) is FSC-certified. It also has 42 mills across North America and France with FSC certification, the leading stamp for certified sustainable timber production. But Greenpeace Canada and Indonesian environmental NGO Auriga Nusantara say the FSC should disassociate from Paper Excellence, given what they say is abundant evidence that the company is controlled by Indonesian conglomerate the Sinar Mas Group, via its subsidiary, Asia Pulp &amp; Paper (APP). “For too long Sinar Mas has been expanding its operations in North America without any consequences from the FSC,” Auriga Nusantara director Timer Manurung said. “To maintain its credibility, we expect the FSC to implement its own policies and disassociate with Paper Excellence.” The groups have filed a formal complaint with the FSC on the heels of a series of major acquisitions by Paper Excellence that makes it the biggest pulp and paper producer in Canada. “The FSC might be the last to acknowledge that Paper Excellence and APP are two sides of the same coin,” said Shane Moffatt, head of the food and nature campaign at Greenpeace Canada. “It now has a clear decision&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/calls-for-fsc-to-drop-canadas-paper-excellence-over-ties-to-deforester/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>As fire season worsens, Indonesian activists report four companies for burning</title>
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					<pubDate>01 Nov 2023 15:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Kalimantan, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[agribusiness, Agriculture, Air Pollution, Business, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Environment, Environmental Law, Fires, Forests, Law, Law Enforcement, Palm Oil, Plantations, and Pulp And Paper]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Activists have reported four companies — two industrial forest firms and two palm oil firms — to the local police over fires in their concessions in Central Kalimantan as Indonesia is grappling with its worst fire episode since 2019. According to satellite image analysis done Sept. 2-10, the activists found a total of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — Activists have reported four companies — two industrial forest firms and two palm oil firms — to the local police over fires in their concessions in Central Kalimantan as Indonesia is grappling with its worst fire episode since 2019. According to satellite image analysis done Sept. 2-10, the activists found a total of 3,650 hectares (9,000 acres) of burning in the four concessions. The two pulpwood firms are PT Industrial Forest Plantation (IFP) and PT Rimbun Seruyan, with 441 hectares (1,100 acres) and 2,055 hectares (5,100 acres), respectively, of identified burning. The two palm oil companies are PT Karya Luhur Sejati (KLS) and PT Globalindo Agung Lestari (GAL). There were 1,122 hectares (2,800 acres) of fires detected in the former and 32 hectares (79 acres) in the latter. Most of the fires are in concessions that haven’t been cultivated yet, according to environmental NGO Save Our Borneo (SOB) director Muhammad Habibi. These four concessions were also burned during the 2019 great fire episode, when 1.6 million hectares (3.95 million acres) of lands and forests in Indonesia were up in flames. This year’s fire season is expected to be the worst since 2019, due to unusually scorching weather as a result of an El Niño system. Haze from this year’s fires continues to shutter schools and sicken thousands across Sumatra and Borneo. After the 2019 fire season, some of the burned concessions had been planted with palm oil trees, indicating an intentional burning, said Bayu Herinata, the Central Kalimantan&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/as-fire-season-worsens-indonesian-activists-report-four-companies-for-burning/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop</title>
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					<pubDate>31 Oct 2023 05:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Jambi, Kalimantan, Riau, Southeast Asia, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Business, Certification, Conflict, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Ecosystems, Environment, Fires, forest degradation, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forest Regeneration, Forests, Habitat, Habitat Loss, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Land Grabbing, Land Rights, Peatlands, Plantations, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Rehabilitation, Restoration, Social Conflict, Sustainability, Sustainable Forest Management, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — A decade after Asia Pulp &#38; Paper (APP), one of the world’s biggest paper producers, launched its landmark no-deforestation policy, the company continues to clear forests to feed its mills and drain and develop peatlands, a clear breach of the policy, a new report alleges. APP has a long history of deforestation, with [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[JAKARTA — A decade after Asia Pulp &amp; Paper (APP), one of the world’s biggest paper producers, launched its landmark no-deforestation policy, the company continues to clear forests to feed its mills and drain and develop peatlands, a clear breach of the policy, a new report alleges. APP has a long history of deforestation, with an estimated 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) — an area the size of Wales — of natural forest having been cleared in the three decades preceding 2010 for conversion into pulpwood plantations in two provinces alone, Riau and Jambi. Following widespread criticism of its role in driving deforestation and contributing to social conflicts, APP launched in February 2013 its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), in which it pledged to not destroy natural forests for its pulpwood plantations. Under its FCP pledge, the pulp giant vowed to exclude timber sourced from the clearing of peatlands and rainforests as well as to reduce social conflict and seek free, prior and informed consent from communities when establishing new plantations. The policy was meant to apply to all APP operations and those of its suppliers, beginning in February 2013. Greenpeace, which helped forge APP’s policy, called the pledge “a game-changer” for the tropical pulp and paper sector as it was the biggest and most comprehensive corporate promise to end deforestation and peatland destruction by any company at the time. Furthermore, APP is one of the world’s largest pulp and paper manufacturers that supplies pulp and paper products like paper tissue, packaging&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/report-alleges-app-continues-deforestation-10-years-after-pledge-to-stop/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/deforestation-surges-in-hotspot-of-critically-endangered-bornean-orangutans/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Oct 2023 05:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Hans Nicholas Jong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Hayat Indriyatno]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Southeast Asia, and West Kalimantan]]>
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							<![CDATA[agribusiness, Animals, Apes, Business, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Transgressors, Corporations, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Endangered Species, Environment, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Great Apes, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Land Conflict, Land Grabbing, Land Rights, Logging, Mammals, Orangutans, Palm Oil, Peatlands, Plantations, Protected Areas, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Threats To Rainforests, Tropical Forests, Wildlife, and Zero Deforestation Commitments]]>
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							<![CDATA[BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia — The deforestation rate has surged in a key habitat for critically endangered orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, with an area of forest 40 times the size of New York City’s Central Park cleared this year alone, independent monitoring shows. The habitat overlaps with the pulpwood concession of the company PT Mayawana Persada, which [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia — The deforestation rate has surged in a key habitat for critically endangered orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, with an area of forest 40 times the size of New York City’s Central Park cleared this year alone, independent monitoring shows. The habitat overlaps with the pulpwood concession of the company PT Mayawana Persada, which cleared 14,000 hectares (34,600 acres) of forest between January and August this year. That makes the company the largest deforester of any forestry concession holder in Indonesia this year, according to monitoring by the research consultancy Aidenvironment. In July alone, the company cleared 4,970 hectares (12,281 acres), the highest monthly deforestation figure, and more than the total land area cleared in the concession in the five years from 2016 to 2020. In total, Mayawana Persada has cleared 34,039 hectares (84,112 acres) of forest since 2016 —nearly twice the area of Washington, D.C. — out of its 136,710-hectare (337,818-acre) concession. Deforestation within Mayawana Persada&#8217;s concession in West Kalimantan from July to September 2023. Image courtesy of Aidenvironment. Mayawana Persada’s forest clearing has intensified in recent months despite increasing public scrutiny of the concession, which largely overlaps with critical orangutan habitat and carbon-rich peatlands. Nearly 65% of the concession is officially recognized as suitable habitat for the critically endangered Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); of the 14,000 hectares deforested this year, 13,000 hectares (32,100 acres) were areas identified as orangutan habitat. The trend has sparked alarm because the great apes already face “an extremely high risk of extinction&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/deforestation-surges-in-hotspot-of-critically-endangered-bornean-orangutans/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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