The Medan State Administrative Court has instructed Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah to revoke a controversial oil palm concession in the Tripa peat swamp in Aceh province. This legal decision could signify an important breakthrough in stopping Indonesia’s forest destruction.
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If Indonesia’s President is serious about addressing deforestation, why is Tripa still ablaze?
“Forests are so dear to my heart,” said Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in September 2011. In the same speech, he said he would dedicate the next three years to protecting Indonesia’s forests. So why are the Tripa peat swamp forests in Aceh still burning to make way for oil palm plantations?
As Indonesia’s president talks of “sustainable growth with equity”, Tripa continues to burn
Today, Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is giving a policy address at CIFOR on the theme “Forests in the Future We Want”. He’s painting a rosy picture of the way Indonesia has addressed the problems that the forest sector caused in the past.
Indonesia: Destroying Tripa peat swamp forest is “an act of criminal vandalism”
“Now is the time for action not words here in Tripa. To destroy one of the last great areas of peat swamp forest in Sumatra is an act of criminal vandalism.” That was written in 2008, but if anything, it’s even more relevant today than it was then.
Can REDD save the Tripa peatswamp forest in Indonesia?
Indonesia’s Environment Ministry has announced that it will conduct an investigation into the awarding of an oil palm concession in the Tripa peastswamp forest in Aceh province in Indonesia.