Indonesia’s rate of deforestation doubled in 2011-2012, compared to 2000-2003. That’s according to a recent satellite mapping study led by the University of Maryland with help from Google and NASA.
Tag: Deforestation
Indonesia’s rate of deforestation has doubled under the moratorium
A recent study revealed that the Indonesian government has been telling lies about its rate of forest loss. The study found that between 2000 and 2003 the rate of deforestation in Indonesia was about one million hectares per year. In the years 2011 and 2012, the rate doubled to about two million hectares per year.
Will Asia Pulp and Paper leave 70,000 hectares of high carbon stock forest inside its suppliers’ concessions in Kalimantan?
In February 2013, Greenpeace stopped campaigning against Asia Pulp and Paper in Indonesia. The reason was APP’s Forest Conservation Policy that promised to protect all areas of forest and peatlands in its suppliers’ concessions.
Government of Ecuador shuts down Fundación Pachamama for “affecting the public peace.”
Yesterday, officials from the Police Administration of Pinchincha closed down Fundación Pachamama’s office in Quito. They left a resolution from the Ministry of Environment stating that the organisation is dissolved.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil fails to uphold workers’ rights and indigenous peoples’ rights
Earlier this month, two meetings took place, both focussing on oil palm plantations. The first was a meeting of communities and civil society and took place in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The second was the 11th meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia.