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Sumatra pulp & paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege

Floods set to worsen on Sumatra peat as landscape gives way

Sumatra firefighters on alert as burning heralds start of Riau dry season

Sumatra community faces up to ‘plasma’ disappointment after palm oil policy shift

Indonesian palm oil firm fined for fires sues expert a second time over testimony

Indonesian districts trial a shift from commodity monocrops to sustainable produce

Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop

Sumatran Indigenous seafarers run aground by overfishing and mangrove loss

Report: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal

Experts slam massive ‘discount’ in fines for Indonesian palm oil billionaire

Indonesian regulator gets 12 years’ jail for palm oil permit bribery

Indonesia permit payoff raises alarm about palm oil industry corruption

With El Niño likely, Indonesia’s volunteer firefighters gear up — with new gear

Sumatra Indigenous community displaced by Samsung palm oil unit await justice

Indonesian palm oil billionaire gets 15 years for corruption

Fishers on Indonesia’s Batam Island suffer as mangrove cover declines

As dry season looms, Sumatra villagers hope their peat restoration pays off

Trial of palm oil tycoon Surya Darmadi begins in Jakarta

Encircled by plantations, a Sumatran Indigenous community abides changing times

Nearness to roads and palm oil mills a key factor in peatland clearing by smallholders

In Indonesia’s forest fire capital, the dry season brings yet more burning

A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’

As dry season starts in Indonesia, risk of fires — and haze — looms

Satellites show deforestation surging in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park

Small-island fishers petition Indonesian president to end coastal dredging

Indonesia to probe scale of tax-dodging illegal oil palm plantations

Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season

Lack of resolution mechanisms allow palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

Indonesian official busted over alleged bribe for palm oil permit

Paper giants’ expansion plans raise fears of greater deforestation in Indonesia

Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

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