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GAR (Golden Agri Resources) backs away from its commitment to No Deforestation
Jakarta, 24 Feb 2023 – On January 27th Golden Agri Resources (GAR) announced that it was dropping its membership of the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) ‘No Deforestation’ initiative. GAR…
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Renewable energy transition empowers women-owned coffee business in Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the largest coffee producers in the world but a climate-driven increase of floods has impacted the livelihood of small-scale producers. Using renewable energy to power coffee driers, small plantations like Lady Farmer Coffee have maintained the quality and taste of your morning cup.
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Indonesian and Malaysian leaders claim they must fight ‘discrimination’ against palm oil, raising questions about their commitment to stop deforestation
Questions have arisen after Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated he would 'combat discrimination against palm oil' following a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the Bogor Palace on Monday, January 9 2022.
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Open Letter: Position Of Indonesian Civil Society Organizations For The Global Biodiversity Framework
COP 15 is a make-or-break moment for global biodiversity
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Greenpeace response Bali G20 outcomes – real climate leadership must come from Sharm el-Sheikh
G20 countries went to the COP in Egypt and put on a performance before getting down to the serious business of business as usual politics in Bali. It is time they accepted that you can either protect the fossil-fuelled macroeconomic model or the planet, for only one of which we have alternatives. It is time…
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Greenpeace Indonesia responds to rainforest giant pact
Kiki Taufik, Global Head of Greenpeace Indonesia’s Forest Campaign, responded to announcement of an alliance between rainforest nations Indonesia, Brazil and Democratic Republic of Congo
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Energy transition NOW! Greenpeace activists project message to G20 leaders
Greenpeace Indonesia activists have projected a message of “Just Energy Transition NOW” on a cliff face at the popular Melasti Beach in South Bali, ahead of the G20 summit, to urge leaders to step up on their climate change commitments.
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Indonesian government only feeding food insecurity by clearing forests in food estate plan
Indonesian activists unfurled a giant banner reading ‘Food Estate Feeding Climate Crisis’ to protest the clearing of forested Indigenous Land in Indonesia for industrial agriculture and to send a message to delegates at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to protect the forests.
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Transparency, Indigenous Rights Need Inking in to Indonesia-Norway Forests Agreement
As representatives of Indonesia and Norway work over the coming weeks on the details of a renewed climate partnership, Greenpeace Indonesia points to some important issues for inclusion to ensure the agreement does help to bring about urgently needed change to Indonesia’s trajectory of deforestation.
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Half-Measures Won’t Protect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Grime Nawa Valley
A flurry of forestry permit revocations by President Joko Widodo in early 2022 now seems to have been little more than a charade, with no subsequent law enforcement efforts by the national government.