PT. Tualang Raya latest to join peers in commitment to forest protection PT. Tualang Raya – a rogue palm oil producer previously implicated in the destruction of a critical corridor…
Read Full StoryProcter & Gamble, Other Brands Implicated as Critical Rainforests Continue to Fall in Leuser Ecosystem
Despite years of consumer outcry and public promises, major food brands still cannot guarantee they are not sourcing Conflict Palm Oil from Leuser forests During the month of March, RAN…
Read Full StoryIndonesian Community Wages Innovative Fight Against Deforestation, Seeks to Enforce Legal Protections of Customary Lands
The Sumatran community of Bunin faces an ongoing land conflict with PT. Tegas Nusantara, a rogue palm oil company clearing lowland rainforest in the Leuser Ecosystem The Bunin Village, in…
Read Full StoryInvestigation: Despite Government Moratorium, Critical Forests Continue to be Destroyed for Palm Oil in the Leuser Ecosystem
Palm oil producer PT. Nia Yulided caught logging and road building in Aceh Timur GPS Co ordinates N 4°25 ’31” E 97°48’00 A new investigation by Rainforest Action Network (RAN)…
Read Full StoryNestlé publishes its forest footprint in Aceh
Pressure builds on Ferrero, Mondelēz & Mars to follow suit As 2020 drew to a close, Nestlé –– the world’s largest food and beverage company –– became the first major…
Read Full StoryConservation Breakthrough for the Leuser Ecosystem?
Multiple long term conservation efforts reach fruition with localized solutions After years of grassroots organizing, field investigations, worldwide media coverage and high profile corporate pressure campaigns, we at Rainforest Action…
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Illegal Logging and Road Construction for Palm Oil Pushing Endangered Species to Extinction in the Leuser Ecosystem
Newly collected evidence by Rainforest Action Network field teams exposes that rampant logging, land clearance and road construction for oil palm plantations is leaving endangered Sumatran orangutans fighting for life in isolated forest patches in a region known as the ‘orangutan capital of the world.’ Despite repeated exposés chronicling the controversial practices of both palm oil companies named here, to date, among major palm oil buyers, only Unilever has announced that both companies are on its suspended supplier list. Nestlé, Mars and Mondelēz have failed to publicly respond or issue lists of their suspended suppliers in the Leuser Ecosystem.


Palm Oil Giant Suspends PT. Dua Perkasa Lestari
Facing scrutiny after its complicity in human rights abuses was exposed, Golden Agri Resources has suspended controversial palm oil producer PT. Dua Perkasa Lestari but must now engage directly with the suspended supplier to secure remedy for the Pante Cermin community.


Royal Golden Eagle Group Links Global Brands and Financiers to Deforestation In the Leuser Ecosystem
Colgate-Palmolive, Nestlé, Mondelēz, Unilever, and financiers exposed for links to deforestation in the Leuser Ecosystem.


Major Brands and Banks Complicit in the Production of Conflict Palm Oil on Stolen Community Lands in Indonesia
New field investigations by RAN and documentation by LBH Banda Aceh and Walhi Aceh have uncovered evidence that a palm oil company operating on stolen lands has continued to supply Conflict Palm Oil to major brands including Nestlé, Mars, Mondelēz, PepsiCo and Unilever.
