Between August 21st and September 13th, 2017, a total of 49 hectares of forest were cleared in the Tripa peatland, located in Aceh’s Nagan Raya district and part of the…
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November 01, 2017
September 28, 2017
Kluet Hydropower Dam Threatens Upper Kluet Region of the Leuser Ecosystem
PT. Trinusa Energi Indonesia is planning to build the Kluet hydropower dam within the Leuser Ecosystem in South Aceh Regency, with a capacity of 180 megawatts to increase electricity supply…
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Community Protests Tampur Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Leuser Ecosystem
The government of Aceh is planning to construct a hydroelectric power plant in the Leuser Ecosystem, within a designated protected forest area, precisely in Tampur, Gayo Lues Regency. The hydroelectric…
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August 14, 2017
PT. Surya Panen Subur II failing to stop illegal fires and destruction of Tripa peatland
GPS: 3°46’12.65″N, 96°35’49.20″E – Clearance of the Leuser Ecosystem’s critically important Tripa peatland has continued inside the notorious PT. Surya Panen Subur II palm oil concession. In the month leading…
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July 21, 2017
PT. Agra Bumi Niaga: Continues to destroy elephant habitat and sell Conflict Palm Oil to Suppliers of Major Brands Across the Globe
A RAN field investigation has unearthed evidence of ongoing destruction of critical elephant habitat by PT. Agra Bumi Niaga just months after the company was exposed for clearing 324 hectares…
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July 17, 2017
Critically Endangered Orangutans Lose Habitat To Make Way For New Plantations
Three days in a row, five orangutans saved from plantations in Pancasila Sub-village, Mekar Makmur Village, Sei Lepan Sub-district, Langkat District, North Sumatra. The orangutan was under the threat of…
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June 19, 2017
PT. Tualang Raya Continues To Destroy Elephant Habitat In Breach of Moratorium
GPS: 4°46’01.57″N, 97°31’15.26″E–Field investigations have once again confirmed active clearance of lowland rainforests by PT. Tualang Raya for a new palm oil plantation. For nearly two years, Rainforest Action Network…
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March 31, 2017
PT. Indo Sawit Perkasa caught destroying the lowland rainforests of Singkil-Bengkung
GPS: 2°51’22.3″N, 97°53’52.2″E – Rogue palm oil producer PT. Indo Sawit Perkasa has been found actively clearing lowland rainforests in Singkil-Bengkung. This destruction was uncovered by a new Rainforest Action Network…
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February 28, 2017
Illegal Deforestation of Elephant Habitat by PT. ABN Uncovered within the Leuser Ecosystem
GPS: 4°34’0.60″N, 97°41’7.20″E A Rainforest Action Network (RAN) field investigation has found evidence of active, illegal clearance of critically endangered Sumatran elephant habitat within the rainforests of the Leuser Ecosystem. The…
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December 14, 2016
PT. Dua Perkasa Lestari Destroying the “Orangutan Capital of the World”
GPS: 3°49’52.69″N, 96°35’57.01″E –A new field investigation by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has uncovered video evidence of active forest clearance and the dredging of peat drainage canals for palm oil…
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