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…
Read Full StoryCritically Endangered Orangutans Lose Habitat To Make Way For New Plantations
Three days in a row, five orangutans saved from plantations in Pancasila Sub-village, Mekar Makmur Village, Sei Lepan Sub-district, Langkat District, North Sumatra. The orangutan was under the threat of…
Read Full StoryPT. Tualang Raya Continues To Destroy Elephant Habitat In Breach of Moratorium
GPS: 4°46’01.57″N, 97°31’15.26″E–Field investigations have once again confirmed active clearance of lowland rainforests by PT. Tualang Raya for a new palm oil plantation. For nearly two years, Rainforest Action Network…
Read Full StoryPT. Indo Sawit Perkasa caught destroying the lowland rainforests of Singkil-Bengkung
GPS: 2°51’22.3″N, 97°53’52.2″E – Rogue palm oil producer PT. Indo Sawit Perkasa has been found actively clearing lowland rainforests in Singkil-Bengkung. This destruction was uncovered by a new Rainforest Action Network…
Read Full StoryIllegal Deforestation of Elephant Habitat by PT. ABN Uncovered within the Leuser Ecosystem
GPS: 4°34’0.60″N, 97°41’7.20″E A Rainforest Action Network (RAN) field investigation has found evidence of active, illegal clearance of critically endangered Sumatran elephant habitat within the rainforests of the Leuser Ecosystem. The…
Read Full StoryPT. Dua Perkasa Lestari Destroying the “Orangutan Capital of the World”
GPS: 3°49’52.69″N, 96°35’57.01″E –A new field investigation by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has uncovered video evidence of active forest clearance and the dredging of peat drainage canals for palm oil…
Read Full StoryActive forest clearance inside PT. Tualang Raya in Aceh Timur
GPS: 4°48’15.696″N, 97°31’4.626E – Field investigations confirmed active clearance of lowland rainforests inside palm oil concession PT. Tualang Raya. This concession is located in an area that is considered the…
Read Full StoryRogue actor found destroying the Singkil peatland
GPS: 2°44’23.1″N, 97°39’30.8″E – Field investigations have uncovered a rogue actor digging a new peat drainage canal in the Singkil peatland inside the Leuser Ecosystem. This destruction is in breach…
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