*Deforestation updates through December 2018 at the end of the post* GPS: 3°45’53.60″N 96°35’20.09″E In January, March and April 2018, satellite monitoring and field investigations confirmed ongoing deforestation inside the…
Read Full StoryPalm Oil Company PT. Indo Sawit Perkasa Continues To Destroy Rainforests Despite Traders Prioritizing Protection of Leuser Ecosystem
PT. Indo Sawit Perkasa (PT. ISP) has once again been caught destroying critical lowland rainforests in the Singkil-Bengkung region of the Leuser Ecosystem, an area renowned as the ‘orangutan capital…
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GPS: 4°24’50.2″N, 97°30’29.3″E – The best science from forest ecologists aligns with centuries of lived history by frontline forest communities to reveal the single biggest threat to healthy forest ecosystems:…
Read Full StoryDeforestation and Fires Continue to Destroy Precious Indonesian Rainforests
GPS:2°45’07.8″N 97°58’02.8″E Despite instructions from the President of Indonesia and the new Governor of Aceh to stop all land clearing for palm oil plantations, and despite an active conflict with…
Read Full StorySumatran Palm Oil Producer Found Still Destroying Critical Elephant Habitat with Impunity
GPS: 4°46’11.08″N, 97°31’20.5″E Between August 21st and September 5th, 2017 Conflict Palm Oil grower PT. Tualang Raya cleared another 18 hectares of critical lowland rainforests inside the Leuser Ecosystem. This…
Read Full StoryOngoing Destruction Found in ‘Orangutan Capital of the World,’ yet Aceh Governor Sends Positive Signals for its Protection
Between August 21st and September 13th, 2017, a total of 49 hectares of forest were cleared in the Tripa peatland, located in Aceh’s Nagan Raya district and part of the…
Read Full StoryKluet Hydropower Dam Threatens Upper Kluet Region of the Leuser Ecosystem
PT. Trinusa Energi Indonesia is planning to build the Kluet hydropower dam within the Leuser Ecosystem in South Aceh Regency, with a capacity of 180 megawatts to increase electricity supply…
Read Full StoryCommunity Protests Tampur Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Leuser Ecosystem
The government of Aceh is planning to construct a hydroelectric power plant in the Leuser Ecosystem, within a designated protected forest area, precisely in Tampur, Gayo Lues Regency. The hydroelectric…
Read Full StoryPT. Surya Panen Subur II failing to stop illegal fires and destruction of Tripa peatland
GPS: 3°46’12.65″N, 96°35’49.20″E – Clearance of the Leuser Ecosystem’s critically important Tripa peatland has continued inside the notorious PT. Surya Panen Subur II palm oil concession. In the month leading…
Read Full StoryPT. Agra Bumi Niaga: Continues to destroy elephant habitat and sell Conflict Palm Oil to Suppliers of Major Brands Across the Globe
A RAN field investigation has unearthed evidence of ongoing destruction of critical elephant habitat by PT. Agra Bumi Niaga just months after the company was exposed for clearing 324 hectares…
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