2021 included major advances in conservation strategies, but deforestation continues and one rogue company stands out as the year’s biggest deforester In many ways 2021 was a year of major…
Read Full StoryIndigenous Community Demands Brands and Banks Stop Business with Rogue Palm Oil Company
A new video tells the story of the Indigenous community of Bunin, in the Leuser Ecosystem, as they defend their forest against development The Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia is…
Read Full StoryInvestigation Reveals Leuser Rainforest Logging Continues Amidst Growing Global Climate Emergency
Government and corporate inaction continue despite clear breaches of logging moratorium As the Secretary General of the United Nations recently declared, the rapidly accelerating climate crisis poses an urgent “Code…
Read Full StoryMonths After Being Caught Red-Handed, Rogue Indonesian Palm Oil Producer Persists in Destruction of Leuser Forests
Global food brands watch forest fall in concessions of PT. Nia Yulided Bersaudara, but fail to halt deforestation Four months after RAN’s last expose of the palm oil company PT….
Read Full StoryOlympic Sponsor Nissin Foods Exposed for Driving Deforestation in Leuser Ecosystem
New video implores Nissin Foods to take action now! Deep within the last of the lowland rainforests of the Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia is the “orangutan capital of the world.”…
Read Full StoryNew Palm Oil Refinery Threatens the Leuser Ecosystem
Brands must declare no-buy policies RAN field investigators have identified PT. Rezeki Fajar Andalan as a new company complicit in the destruction of the globally renowned Leuser Ecosystem. PT. Rezeki…
Read Full StoryIndonesian Forestry Titan Royal Golden Eagle Remains a Major Roadblock to Progress in Saving Leuser Ecosystem
RGE has failed to adhere to no-deforestation commitments, creating liability for global brands and banks still doing business with the rogue company Nearly two years after being exposed for driving…
Read Full StoryNo Deforestation Commitments On The Rise In The Leuser Ecosystem
PT. Tualang Raya latest to join peers in commitment to forest protection PT. Tualang Raya – a rogue palm oil producer previously implicated in the destruction of a critical corridor…
Read Full StoryProcter & Gamble, Other Brands Implicated as Critical Rainforests Continue to Fall in Leuser Ecosystem
Despite years of consumer outcry and public promises, major food brands still cannot guarantee they are not sourcing Conflict Palm Oil from Leuser forests During the month of March, RAN…
Read Full StoryIndonesian Community Wages Innovative Fight Against Deforestation, Seeks to Enforce Legal Protections of Customary Lands
The Sumatran community of Bunin faces an ongoing land conflict with PT. Tegas Nusantara, a rogue palm oil company clearing lowland rainforest in the Leuser Ecosystem The Bunin Village, in…
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