PANGKALANBUN, Indonesia An employee of a palm oil company sanctioned by Indonesia’s Supreme Court in July over wildfires was killed in late September while fighting a major fire in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park, according to the man’s family and a hospital official. Said Jaka Pahlawan, who was 23, died in late September as […]
JAKARTA The Indonesian government has opened itself up to litigation by unilaterally revoking hundreds of permits for logging concessions, plantations and mines, according to environmental law experts. The revocations were ordered in early January by President Joko Widodo, and include permits issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry for 192 logging, plantation, mining and ecotourism […]