Tag: deforestation

By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term...

Jubi News Greenpeace Indonesia’s forest campaigner Nico Wamafma says the West Papua region has lost 641,400 ha of its natural forests in the two decades...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Plans to establish "food estates" were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said,...

RNZ Pacific The first female premier of a Solomon Islands province is appealing to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to help her country manage...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last,...

By Priestley Habru in Honiara Solomon Islands’ environmental authorities have highlighted the need to protect the forests from logging following a recent report on new...

By RNZ Pacific A Solomon Islands province has agreed to lease a large island to a Chinese developer to develop into a special economic zone,...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools and sickening thousands of...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A journalist has been taken in for police questioning while documenting the land struggles of Temiar Orang Asli, an indigenous community...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Both the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea governments have signalled changes to make their forestry industries more sustainable. According to Loop...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in the Indonesian-ruled Papua region, a new investigation...

By Vaidehi Shah Environmental campaigners have accused The Australian and Courier Mail newspapers in regional Queensland of being printed on paper linked to illegal deforestation...

Landowner-turned activist Paul Pavol talks about the widespread land theft and deforestation occurring in Papua New Guinea at the hands of foreign companies. Video:...

By Ratri M. Siniwi and Muham in Jakarta Palm oil is an important commodity for Indonesia's economy, contributing US$17.8 billion, or about 12 percent, to...

By Basten Gokkon in Pontianak, West Kalimantan A timber plantation company is illegally clearing one of Indonesia’s last coastal peat swamp forests, a carbon reservoir...

This undercover footage by Greenpeace shows bulldozers destroying Indonesian rainforest. HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, is accused of lending millions...