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Sweet Promises, Bitter Reality: Inside the Merauke Sugarcane Project
Report: In the Marind homeland in West Papua, land grabbing and forest destruction are taking hold in the name of the Indonesian government’s program for food and energy self-sufficiency.
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Sumatra Floods Send Prabowo Govt Warning to Correct Course
The devastating floods that hit Sumatra show that the climate crisis is bringing increasingly extreme weather. The second factor behind flooding is forest destruction in upstream river catchment areas.
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Greenpeace brings #SaveRajaAmpat to UNEA Forum, urges better governance for ‘energy transition’ minerals
In Fiji, Greenpeace Southeast Asia calls for global governance on minerals needed for energy transition
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Forest Stewardship Council Risks Reputation by Lifting Suspension of Asia Pulp & Paper’s Remedy Process
Civil Society criticizes the move, citing failure to conclude investigations into the scope of forestry giant’s empire and gross misrepresentation of community views
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Indonesian Court Delivers Blow to South Sumatra Smoke Haze Victims and to Environmental Justice
In a deeply disappointing decision, the Palembang District Court in Sumatra has rejected a lawsuit filed by dozens of smoke haze victims.
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South Sumatra Residents Testify in Landmark Haze Pollution Lawsuit
Witnesses testified today in Palembang District Court, detailing the devastating impacts of haze pollution caused by peatlands fires.
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Plan to Sacrifice 20 Million Hectares of Forest Makes Mockery of Indonesia’s Climate and Biodiversity Commitments
The Indonesian govt plan to clear 20m ha of forest for industrial food and energy projects is a threat to Indonesia’s climate and biodiversity commitments.
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Hearings Begin in South Sumatra’s Peatland Smoke Haze Lawsuit
A legal battle over South Sumatra’s perennial peatland fire haze began in earnest today for accountability for smoke haze and other environmental impacts arising from the operations of pulpwood companies
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RSPO Weakens Standard on No Deforestation, Misses Opportunity to Become Compliant With Incoming EU Deforestation Regulation
In its revised Principles and Criteria the RSPO has scored an ‘own goal’ by weakening its commitment to ensuring No Deforestation, its very raison d'être.
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Report: Indonesia’s Chronic Forest Fires – 2023
Greenpeace Indonesia's latest analysis shows that the indicative area of forest and land fires in 2023 was 2.13 million hectares. This figure is almost twice the size of the government’s data.
