A big problem In November 2018, Earthsight published an in-depth investigation in collaboration with Mongabay into the Tanah Merah oil palm project in Papua, on the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea. We revealed...
In a New Year shock, Indonesia’s President recently announced the cancellation of almost 200 permits for clearing forest. The announcement was the culmination of a review of past permits which, among other things, involved...
A major sawmill complex linked to the world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesia has had its mandatory timber legality certification revoked in light of official allegations of faked licenses.Revocation of Tulen Jayamas...
12 Maret 2020 (diterbitkan dalam bahasa Inggris pada 27 Februari 2020). Read the English version. Dalam sebuah cobaan serius yang dihadapi oleh skema legalitas kayu Indonesia yang didukung Uni Eropa, para auditor sedang...
In a major test for Indonesia’s flagship EU-backed timber legality scheme, its auditors are investigating allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in virgin forest in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm...
83sq km of forest has already been illegally cleared since, but officials reportedly seek to allow plantations to continue operating if companies “fix their permits.”The environmental licence for a vast connected sawmill...
An audit of the world’s biggest palm oil development has revealed it is staffed by people who Earthsight have linked to the commodities trader Hayel Saeed Anam Group (HSA) and its palm oil subsidiary, Pacific Inter-Link...
Industrial-scale agriculture poses considerable risk to the indigenous peoples of Papua, whose culture and livelihoods are closely linked to the region’s extensive rainforest.In November 2018, Mongabay and Earthsight's The...
According to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the ministry’s decision is “not acceptable” because the permit behind this concession has been obtained illegally. Laode M Syarif, Deputy Chair of the KPK, has...
The North Sumatra Regional Police has named Musa Idishah, better known as Dodi Shah, as a suspect in a case of illegal deforestation of protected areas for oil palm cultivation. Dodi Shah is the younger brother of Musa...