Global biodiversity hotspot threatened by shockingly large and accelerating forest clearance for palm oil In recent weeks, following years of reported declines in deforestation by palm oil companies, new reports…
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Aceh Selatan Is the Frontline of Palm Oil Expansion Threatening the Leuser Ecosystem The forests and peatlands of Indonesia’s nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve, within the world renowned Leuser…
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Forest Monitoring System Improvements Needed to Stop Conflict Palm Oil expansion in world-renowned Leuser Ecosystem Despite the urgent need to protect the world’s last standing rainforests, deforestation outside government allocated…
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New RAN video-short lays bare the murky path of illegal palm oil into the supply chains of global brands that the industry would rather remain hidden We know that Conflict…
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Global brands need to invest more in community livelihood projects that reduce emissions and help build resilient societies Scientists predict that on our current trajectory of habitat loss and global…
Read Full Story Award winning photojournalist and wildlife conservationist Paul Hilton has over a decade of field experience documenting biodiversity and destruction in the Leuser Ecosystem. Photography by Paul Hilton I’ve been down…
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Fresh destruction for palm oil underway now inside nationally protected wildlife reserve Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is ringing the alarm once again that the crisis of illegal rainforest destruction for…
Read Full Story Episode four of RAN’s new, bi-weekly YouTube series called the RAN Wrap Up is titled Good News for the Leuser Ecosystem and features a discussion with our Senior Communications Strategist…
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Brands Fail to Enforce Ban on Destruction of Peatlands for Palm Oil In Orangutan Capital of the World A year after releasing the Carbon Bomb Scandals report at the start…
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Brands Must Support Advancement of Customary Rights Recognition in Leuser Ecosystem Indigenous communities in the Sumatran province of Aceh may soon receive formal recognition of their customary rights, an historic…
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