The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has released a resolution urging the UN to change its definition for 'forest', before the controversial definition undermines conservation efforts, biodiversity preservation,…
Not surprisingly, a US report released last week which argued that saving forests abroad will help US agricultural producers by reducing international competition has raised hackles in tropical forest counties.…
Reducing deforestation abroad helps protect the U.S. agricultural sector by ensuring higher prices for commodities and reducing the cost of compliance with expected climate regulations, argues a new report issued…
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…
It has been estimated that as many as 300 million farmers in tropical countries may take part in slash and burn agriculture. A practice that is environmentally destructive and ultimately…
Wilayah-wilayah yang dilindingi di Amazon Brazil membuktikan tingginya efektifitasnya dalam mengurangi kehilangan hutan di hutan hujan terbesar di dunia, menurut laporan dari sebuah penelitian baru yang berdasar pada analisis tren…
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…
Nestle berusaha menghilangkan produk dengan "footprint penggundulan hutan". Setelah kampanye dua bulan yang dipelopori oleh Greenpeace melawan Nestle karena mereka menggunakan minyak kelapa yang terkait dengan perusakan hutan, raksasa pangan…
Usaha minyak kelapa "yang berkesinambungan" dapat menekan Malaysia dan Indonesia dalam prestasi di area lingkungan hidup dari minyak sayur yang banyak digunakan. Presiden Brazil Lula da Silva, hari Kamis menjelaskan…
Indonesia's chief economic minister said on Wednesday that the government will not revoke existing forestry licenses to develop natural forests under a billion dollar conservation deal signed last week with…
Protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are proving highly effective in reducing forest loss in Earth's largest rainforest, reports a new study based on analysis of deforestation trends in and…
Indonesia akan mengarahkan perbatasan terakhirnya - wilayahnya di Nugini - seiring dengan usahanya menjadi eksportir agrikultur utama, menurut laporan AFP. Dalam pencariannya untuk menjadi salah satu produsen nasi, jagung, gula,…
Since winning the prestigious 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize in Asia, Tuy Sereivathana has visited the US and Britain, even shaking hands with US President Barack Obama, yet in his home…
Nestle to work to rid products of "deforestation footprint". After a two month campaign against Nestle for its use of palm oil linked to rainforest destruction spearheaded by Greenpeace, the…
"Sustainable" palm oil effort may pressure Malaysia and Indonesia on environmental performance of widely used vegetable oil. Brazilian President Lula da Silva on Thursday laid out plans to expand palm…
Following a damning report from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleging illegal clearing of rainforest in Indonesia by agriculture-giant Cargill, activists have infiltrated Cargill headquarters in Wayzata, Minnesota and refuse…
Most people who are trying to change the world stick to one area, for example they might either work to preserve biodiversity in rainforests or do social justice with poor…
An interview with Michael Jenkins, President and CEO of Forest Trends Over the past 30 years billions of dollars has been committed to global conservation efforts, yet forests continue to…
Industrial soy expansion in the Brazilian Amazon has contributed to deforestation by pushing cattle ranchers further north into rainforest zones, reports a new study published the journal Environmental Research Letters.…
The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two…
Nestle calls for global moratorium on rainforest destruction. Nestle's shareholder meeting turned raucous today, as Greenpeace protesters were arrested in full-orangutan outfits outside the meeting and inside Greenpeace activists—in a…
In the high stakes game of geopolitics, the small and economically disadvantaged Andean nation of Bolivia has little clout. Now, however, the country’s indigenous president Evo Morales wants to establish…
The world's biggest buyer of palm oil, Unilever, says it will again purchase palm oil from PT SMART, a subsidiary of Indonesian company Sinar Mas, if allegations about deforestation and…
Candy and food giant Nestle is finding itself between a rock and a hard place. The online campaign against Nestle continues: today protesters once again posted thousands of negative messages…
Protest could change the palm oil industry and wake the world up to the power of 'social media'. The online protest over Nestle's use of palm oil linked to deforestation…
In a bold online video, the environmental group Greenpeace cleverly links candy-giant Nestle to oil palm-related deforestation and the deaths of orangutans. Clearly angered over the video, Nestle struck back…
Cargill will sell off its palm oil holdings in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to focus on operations in Indonesia, reports the Star Tribune. The $175 million sale involves 62,000 ha…
Indonesia will not allow the conversion of natural forest for oil palm plantations, claimed the country's Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan in comments reported by the Jakarta Post. Speaking at a…
Indonesia will target its last frontier — its territory on New Guinea — as it seeks to become a major agricultural exporter, reports the AFP. In its quest to become…
