INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Rainforest defenders, torture and banks
What do human rights abuses, 2020 Olympics and banks have in common? Wrongfully arrested and tortured by police for defending their own land… These are just a couple of the unimaginable human tragedies we’ve discovered in the rainforests of North Maluku, Indonesia.
Breaking News: Indofood Penalized
Today, Indonesia’s largest food company, Indofood, was SANCTIONED by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest certification system for “sustainable” palm oil. Demand that buyers, joint venture partners, and financiers end all business with Indofood until the company adopts a comprehensive “No Deforestation, No Peatland Destruction, No Exploitation” policy and implementation plan.
Fast Company: At “forest school,” humans teach orphaned orangutans how to be apes
“Clearly, protecting the habitat in the first place is the only longterm viable answer,” says Laurel Sutherlin, with the nonprofit Rainforest Action Network. The organization, along with others, has pressured…
APP’s New Pulp Mill Endangers Indonesia’s Climate Change Commitments
Asia Pulp & Paper’s $3 billion mill locks in high carbon emissions and fire threat for decades. NGOs call on company to stop using drained peatlands for pulpwood plantations and…
Triple Pundit: There’s No Time To Waste In Protecting Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
A new report by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) tracks the progress of protecting the Leuser Ecosystem. The verdict is that there is failure to protect it as rainforests are continually…
The Guardian: Indonesia’s forest fires – everything you need to know
“Many blame big business. According to a recent analysis of World Resources Institute data in September, more than one third (37%) of the fires in Sumatra are occurring on pulpwood…
CBC: Are consumers responsible for the rainforest fires engulfing Indonesia?
“Since late August, vast swaths of forests and peatlands across the archipelago of Indonesia have been engulfed in flames. Hundreds of thousands of people have been submerged in a haze…
CNN: Environmental damage from haze in Indonesia
“Laurel Sutherlin, spokesman of the Rainforest Action Network, discusses the environmental damage of the Indonesia fire and haze crisis.” Watch The Full Video Here
The Guardian: Is Indonesia’s fire crisis connected to the palm oil in our snack food?
“Many of these fires are a direct result of the industrial manipulation of the landscape for plantation development. Palm oil giants are accused of displacing local communities from their land…
Vice: Indonesia Is Finally Arresting People Burning Down Its Forests
“Gemma Tillack, head of the Rainforest Action Network’s agribusiness campaign, said the arrests are “a very strong indication” that the president — commonly known as Jokowi — “is getting serious…