An undercover investigation has found evidence that a subsidiary of Malaysian palm oil company has illegally cleared forest in breach of the Indonesia's moratorium on new permits in primary forest…
As climate change melts the Arctic sea ice, nations are rushing to carve up once-inaccessible areas for oil and gas exploitation, industrial fishing, and shipping routes. Now, BBC reports that…
Illegal logging in Indonesian Borneo. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked timber-consuming countries to join the fight against illegal logging in Indonesia, reports the Jakarta Globe. In remarks commemorating World…
Corruption in poor countries shouldn't deter developed countries from supporting initial efforts to save the world's tropical forests, Norway's environment minister told Reuters. Erik Solheim said rich countries must be…
Palm oil mill in Sumatra. A new report from World Growth International, a lobby group for industrial forestry interests, contains "false and misleading" information on the economic impact of reducing…
Norway's $550 billion sovereign wealth fund will continue investing in Asian palm oil companies despite criticism from environmental groups, reports Reuters. Runar Malkenes, Deputy Director of the Information Division at…
Oil palm plantations on peatlands in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2009 DWS, a fund management company run by Deutsche Bank, has dropped all Wilmar International stock from…
19 forest policies have been nominated for an award by the World Future Council, a global think tank. The policies come from 16 countries: Bhutan, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Finland,…
Bureaucratic confusion has led Indonesia to delay implementation of its two-year moratorium on new logging and plantation concessions in forest areas and peatlands, reports the Jakarta Globe. The moratorium, which…
A shorter version of this article appears on Yale e360 as Indonesia’s Corruption Legacy Clouds a Forest Protection Plan. The version that appears below was last revised on October 31,…
Funds ostensibly set aside to reward tropical countries for protecting their rainforests are being held up, threatening to exhaust the political capital needed to advance the proposed reducing emissions from…
Industrial interests are threatening to undermine Norway's billion dollar partnership with Indonesia, potentially turning the forest conservation deal into a scheme that subsidizes conversion of rainforests and peatlands for oil…
A group of scientists have called upon the governments of Indonesia and Norway to recognize the conservation value of logged-over and "degraded" forests under their partnership on reducing emissions from…
On Monday, Norway's Environment Minister called for the US, Japan, and the EU to open their pocket books to support Indonesia's drive to stop deforestation, according to Reuters. Norway has…
Climate and Forests Initiative Norwegia, yang telah menyisihkan milyaran dolar untuk usaha pengurangan penggundulan hutan, sebaiknya bekerja dengan Menteri Keuangan negara tersebut untuk mencabut Dana Pensiun Pemerintah dari perusahaan yang…
Dana pensiun Pemerintah Norwegia menjual seluruh saham sebesar 16 juta dari Samling Global, sebuah perusahaan kayu Malaysia, setelah menyimpulkan bahwa perusahaan tersebut telah melakukan "pelanggaran serius" dengan menebangi pohon di…
Norway's Climate and Forests Initiative, which has set aside billions of dollars for efforts to reduce deforestation, should work with the country's Ministry of Finance to divest the Government Pension…
The Norwegian Government's pension fund sold all its 16 million shares of Samling Global, a Malaysian timber company, after concluding the firm had committed "serious transgessions" in logging outside of…
Norway has agreed to transfer an initial $30 million to Indonesia under its $1 billion REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) partnership with the Southeast Asian country. The…
An environmental audit of palm oil company, PT SMART, found that the company had not cut primary rainforest, yet had destroyed carbon-rich peatlands; however the audit analyzed only 40 percent…
Meski pemerintah Indonesia menikmati perjanjian terakhir dengan Norwegia untuk memperlambat penggundulan hutan dalam bentuk miliaran dolar AS, sebuah laporan baru dari Eyes on the Forest menunjukkan bukti fotografis dari banyak…
While the Indonesian government basks in a recent agreement with Norway to slow deforestation to the tune of a billion US dollars, a new report by Eyes on the Forest…
Update: The International Whaling Commission (IWC), which was supposed to decide a way forward for whales over the next decade has ended without an agreement. Talks broke down, according to…
There are two ways forward on whaling according to visions being put forward at the International Whaling Commission this week. One way is to uphold the 24-year-long ban on hunting…
Wawancara dengan Agus Purnomo dan Yani Saloh, Asisten Khusus Presiden Republik Indonesia untuk Perubahan Iklim. Akhir tahun lalu, Indonesia membuat berita di dunia dengan janji yang berani untuk mengurangi penggundulan…
An interview with Agus Purnomo and Yani Saloh, Special Assistants to the President of the Republic of Indonesia for Climate Change. Late last year Indonesia made global headlines with a…
Pemerintah Indonesia telah menyebutkan empat hutan yang bisa digunakan sebagai proyek pertama untuk kesepakatan pelestarian mereka dengan Norwegia, menurut Jakarta Post. Kesepakatan tersebut, melibatkan milyaran dolar Amerika dari Norwegia, diharapkan…
Menteri Koordinator Perekonomian Indonesia mengatakan pada hari Rabu bahwa pemerintah tidak akan mencabut izin hutan yang telah ada untuk mengembangkan hutan alami di bawah kesepakatan pelestarian bernilai milyaran dolar dengan…
Kontribusi Norwegia sebesar milyaran dolar untuk pelestarian hutan dan lahan gambut di Indonesia tidak akan mendanai penghutanan kembali di wilayah-wilayah yang gundul, menteri pemerintahan memberitahu The Jakarta Post. Agus Purnomo,…
Indonesia akan mencabut perizinan hutan yang telah ada untuk menebang hutan alam di bawah kesepakatan milyaran dolar kesepakatan iklim dengan Norwegia yang ditandatangani minggu lalu, lapor Reuters. Agus Purnomo, kepala…
