Fate of Indonesian rainforest the size of Belgium hangs in the balance

17.03.2022 Crucial battle lies ahead in 2022 following shock New Year announcement by government

Relying on green labels to address our thirst for products of deforestation would be a disaster

08.11.2021 New EU deforestation law must learn the lessons of the past

We are at a pivotal moment in the fight to tackle our addiction to the products of forest destruction

20.05.2021 A defining six months ahead to curb tropical deforestation crisis 

Eight reasons proposed UK law won’t stop consumption driving global deforestation

25.09.2020 The government's legislative plans are a first of their kind, but fall well short of what is needed 

Indonesian timber auditors to probe allegations of faked permits for $6bn of wood

27.02.2020 In a test for its EU-backed timber legality scheme, auditors investigate allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm permits

'Fake' permits underpin world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesian Papua

20.12.2019 Local officials reported to their superiors as long ago as 2013 that all seven plantation operation permits at the 2,800 square kilometre “Tanah Merah” project were faked, but no action taken

Independent audit reveals Indonesia’s biggest palm oil project still hidden from RSPO

23.07.2019 HSA Group has denied ties to contentious mega-project, but new Earthsight research shows staff links between Yemeni firm and the Papua project

How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans

28.03.2019 An interview with anthropologist Sophie Chao discussing how plantation firms influence and exploit indigenous communities

Does Indonesia’s storied anti-graft agency have a blind spot for corrupt land deals?

21.08.2018 Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission is perhaps the most trusted institution in a country plagued with graft. But the KPK, as it is known, has prosecuted only a handful of cases in the plantation sector

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