In July 2024, RAN commissioned Pléiades Neo satellites to fly above Indonesia’s Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve to capture unprecedented 30cm resolution imagery to map the extent of illegal deforestation within…
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August 29, 2024
New Global Conservation Standards Applied to World-Renowned Leuser Ecosystem
Large-scale HCV-HCS mapping advances in Aceh; But More investment needed to map rainforests needing protection After decades of hard-fought international pressure campaigns by local organizations, international NGOs and consumers, an…
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July 31, 2024
Deforestation Spikes in Leuser Ecosystem’s Iconic Tripa Peatland Region
Forest clearance resumes inside PT. Surya Panen Subur’s palm oil concession Analysis of satellite imagery has once again found that deforestation for palm oil continues within the concession of PT….
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July 08, 2024
Customary Communities Fight Palm Oil Producers for Land Rights in Sumatra
Communities in Aceh use the High Carbon Stock Approach to map and assess their lands This is the story of the struggles and demands of the Jambo Reuhat community, one…
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April 04, 2024
P&G Accused of Failing to Deliver on Public Commitment to Restore Illegal Palm Plantations in Leuser Ecosystem
Procter and Gamble remains at risk of sourcing illegal palm oil In response to a Rainforest Action Network (RAN) investigation exposing illegal palm oil development in the Leuser Ecosystem, called…
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March 14, 2024
New Rogue Actor Documented Destroying the Leuser Ecosystem
Global biodiversity hotspot threatened by shockingly large and accelerating forest clearance for palm oil In recent weeks, following years of reported declines in deforestation by palm oil companies, new reports…
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New Palm Oil Mills Threaten Orangutan Capital of The World
Aceh Selatan Is the Frontline of Palm Oil Expansion Threatening the Leuser Ecosystem The forests and peatlands of Indonesia’s nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve, within the world renowned Leuser…
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March 05, 2024
Illegal Deforestation Persists in Indonesia’s Gunung Leuser National Park
Forest Monitoring System Improvements Needed to Stop Conflict Palm Oil expansion in world-renowned Leuser Ecosystem Despite the urgent need to protect the world’s last standing rainforests, deforestation outside government allocated…
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February 20, 2024
NEW VIDEO: Inside the Palm Oil Supply Chain; From Indonesia to Your Grocery Store
New RAN video-short lays bare the murky path of illegal palm oil into the supply chains of global brands that the industry would rather remain hidden We know that Conflict…
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January 29, 2024
Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods in Leuser Ecosystem
Global brands need to invest more in community livelihood projects that reduce emissions and help build resilient societies Scientists predict that on our current trajectory of habitat loss and global…
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