JAKARTA Fires in areas of carbon-intense peatland forest on the island of Sumatra appear to have been set in and around oil palm plantation concessions and could signal the start of another season of forest-razing burns in Indonesia. The fires burned 6,168 hectares (15,241 acres) of peatlands an area 18 times the size […]
JAKARTA A palm oil company whose permit was revoked at the start of the year and which was ordered to halt operations is allegedly continuing to clear forests in Indonesia’s Papua province. PT Permata Nusa Mandiri (PNM), one of more than 100 companies targeted in a mass cancellation of plantation permits by Indonesia’s environment […]
Much concern about tropical deforestation focuses on the expansion of oil palm plantations, but their impacts remain poorly quantified. Through a survey conducted in Indonesia from 2001 to 2019, scientists from seven countries representing six organi
Climate protection policies restricting the import of goods produced through deforestation have increased in recent years, but there has been little research into whether these measures have had their intended impact, or are enough to reduce deforestation on their own. A new paper takes a look at how effective restrictions by consumer countries are likely […]