Tag: Rainforests
NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Illegal palm oil plantations are destroying protected Indonesian rainforests and other habitats -- and New Zealand’s industrial dairy sector is a...
Special report: Dreams, dollars and destruction of a Papuan rainforest
Melanie Reid's video story on the Tanah Merah megaproject. Video: Newsroom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner of Newsroom
Newsroom.co.nz
An Auckland property developer is...
Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests
By Sara Stefanini
Political uncertainty hangs over large swathes of the world’s tropical forests this year, raising the risk of more destruction and carbon emissions.
Recent...
Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua
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...
Rainbow Warrior takes on fresh eco mission to Papua, Indonesia
By Astari Pinasthika Sarosa in Jakarta
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is sailing throughout Indonesia - including West Papua - as a vehicle for environmental...
Juffa blasts PNG resources ‘sell out’ but tells of Managalas hope
Rapacious logging cartels feature in PNG's Northern Province Governor Gary Juffa's speech. Video: Café Pacific
By David Robie at Te Papa
Northern Province Governor Gary Juffa...
Indigenous advocacy group calls on Jokowi to revoke forests decree
By Dames Alexander Sinaga in Jakarta
A civil society group has urged the Indonesian government to revoke a presidential decree on the indigenous resettlement schemes...
Timber firm accused over Indonesian threat to last orangutan strongholds
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...
HSBC accused of being ‘dirty banker’ financing palm oil forest destruction
This undercover footage by Greenpeace shows bulldozers destroying Indonesian rainforest. HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, is accused of lending millions...
DiCaprio’s eco tweet from Indonesia spurs threat on visiting foreigners
By Adam Harvey in Jakarta
Indonesia says it will watch foreigners more closely after Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio tweeted his support of a controversial environmental...
Indonesia’s climate crisis: Is the world still looking away?
By India Thorogood
"Indonesia is burning - so why is the world looking away?" Late last year those words shone a small spotlight on a...
Aceh citizens take legal action to protect Sumatran jungle
Report from The Sydney Morning Herald
By Michael Neilson in Jakarta
Activists are suing the Indonesian government in a bid to stop development they say will...
