Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium Inauguration Overshadowed by Legacy of Rainforest Destruction
December 20 2019 Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon, (202)503-6161, Blair@SoundspeedPR.com Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium Inauguration Overshadowed by Legacy of Rainforest Destruction ~ SDGs Undermined; NGOs Demand Accountability from Tokyo 2020 Organizers ~…
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Breaking: New Road Construction and Deforestation for Palm Oil in Critical Elephant Corridor
Field investigations have once again revealed new land clearing and roading within some of the most important remaining lowland rainforests in Indonesia.
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Major Banks Complicit in Financing Indonesia’s Illegal Fire and Haze Crisis: Report
***Embargoed until: 10pm December 10th, EST/NYC; 10am December 11th, 2019 WIB/Jakarta Major Banks Complicit in Financing Indonesia’s Illegal Fire and Haze Crisis: Report Report released on the five year anniversary…
Lima Tahun Peta Jalan Keuangan Berkelanjutan Indonesia Namun Bank-bank Besar Masih Danai Perusahaan Penyebab Karhutla
SIARAN PERS UNTUK DISIARKAN SEGERA Jakarta, 11 Desember 2019 Lima Tahun Peta Jalan Keuangan Berkelanjutan Indonesia Namun Bank-bank Besar Masih Danai Perusahaan Penyebab Karhutla Sebuah laporan dirilis untuk mengkaji keberhasilan…
PHOTOS: Desperate Orangutans Rescued as Snack Brands Remain Silent About Sourcing Conflict Palm Oil From Singkil-Bengkung rainforests
As major snack food brands continue to drag their feet, there is a very real and growing danger that the Sumatran orangutan could become the first member of the great apes, humankind’s closest living relatives, to be pushed to extinction in the wild.
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The Most Important Place You’ve Never Heard Of
Can you picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest? Add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops and tigers prowling the understory and there is only one place in the world you could be: Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of Earth’s most ancient forest ecosystems…
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Community Struggles for Land Rights and Livelihoods in Singkil-Bengkung region
Tens of thousands of people depend on the intact forests of the Leuser Ecosystem and the area is rife with looming threats and unresolved conflicts between local communities and rogue palm oil plantation operators. The expansion of palm oil plantation companies has harmed community livelihoods by damaging local resources, including agricultural land such as rice fields, and has brought terror, intimidation and criminalization into the lives of local community members.
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Global Human Rights and Environmental Communities Condemn the House Arrest of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger
Prominent organizations call for Donziger’s immediate release and warn of chilling effect on other human rights lawyers who stand up to corporate polluters NOVEMBER 14, 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…