Conversion of peatland for an industrial plantation in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler A pair of local communities' five-year slog to establish village forest management areas in Riau…
An excavator piles natural forest logs at a log pond. Photo © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace Banking giant Santander says it will not extend further financing to Asia Pacific Resources…
Recent large-scale clearance of peatland forest inside a PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (PT RAPP) pulpwood concession on Pulau Pedang, Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace.…
First of its kind audit of world's largest pulp and paper producer yields mixed results Arara Abadi acacia plantation near Pekanbaru, Riau, Sumatra. All photos by Rhett A. Butler. An…
Excavators beside a canal cutting through recently deforested peatland. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace A year after it pledged a dramatic shift in how it operates in Indonesia's fast dwindling…
Recent large-scale clearance of peatland forest inside a PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (PT RAPP) pulpwood concession on Pulau Pedang. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace. Asia Pacific Resources International…
Peat forest in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A Butler. New Indonesian president Joko Widodo has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to review licenses for companies that have…
APP acacia plantation in Riau in January 2014. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) appears to have enough plantation fiber to operate existing mills as well…
Rainforest in Riau. Photos by Rhett Butler Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned the former Minister of Forestry about his role in altering zoning to facilitate oil palm expansion into…
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce plans to lobby for expansion of sustainable business practices Four of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers signed a landmark commitment in New York in September to…
Peatlands drained for a plantation in Riau. An inter-agency audit of 17 plantation and timber concessions in Riau Province, Indonesia, found that every company is failing to meet fire prevention…
"Oil palm fruit. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Malaysian palm oil company Genting Plantations is continuing to destroy forests despite a high-profile pledge by one of its customers to eliminate…
The Bukit Batabuh tiger corridor within the RIMBA Corridor. Courtesy of Tiger in your tank? Major palm oil suppliers may be continuing to buy tainted palm oil despite high-profile commitments…
APP supplier concession in Riau Province, Indonesia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) won't need to clear additional forests to meet pulp requirements…
Fires on deforested land trigger massive GHG emissions, haze Light haze over a drained and deforested peat forest in Riau, Sumatra in February 2014. Photo by Rhett Butler. Air pollution…
Reported kills for 2014 in Riau Province reached 22 by June, surpassing 2013 numbers by 63 percent There has been a spike in elephant deaths in Sumatra this year, and…
Deforestation for palm oil production in Riau, 2014. Photo by Rhett Butler. Half of the oil palm plantations in Sumatra's Riau Province are illegal, said Indonesia's top forestry official. Speaking…
Fire hotspot data for the past seven days from the World Resources Institute's Global Fire Watch. Singapore's parliament has approved a controversial measure that could penalize companies — both foreign…
The number of fires burning in Sumatra's Riau Province doubled on Sunday, raising concerns that dry conditions could unleash an especially severe haze this dry season in Indonesia. An image…
New data from NASA and the World Resources Institute (WRI) show that peat fires are again burning in Sumatra, yet both leading presidential contenders are ignoring the issue of climate…
APRIL to continue clearing carbon-dense forests it says lack high conservation value. An excavator piles natural forest logs at a log pond inside a PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper…
Recent large-scale clearance of peatland forest inside a PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (PT RAPP) pulpwood concession on Pulau Pedang. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace. Asia Pacific Resources International…
Active clearance of peatland forest inside a PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (PT RAPP) pulpwood concession on Pulau Pedang, Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province taken 05/20/2014. PT RAPP is a…
Forest destruction in Riau Province, Indonesia on 06/23/2013. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace. Haze caused by burning peat forests in Indonesia kills an average of 110,000 people per year and…
Zamzami in Siak, Riau on May 23, 2014. Photos by Rhett Butler. Indonesia has become notorious for its high rate of forest loss, but there are nascent signs of progress.…
An area of rainforest APP has pledged to protect in Riau Province, on the island of Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), Indonesia's largest pulp…
Natural forest that has been cleared by PT Triomas FDI on the Kampar Peninsula. All that remains are young ramin trees. The rest of the timber was transported to APRIL’s…
This is part of a series of articles on market transformation in the pulp and paper and palm oil sectors in Indonesia. Drainage canal that forms the boundary between the…
This is part of a series of articles on market transformation in the pulp and paper and palm oil sectors in Indonesia. Small-holder clearing for oil palm Indonesia's Riau Province…
