Indonesia court refuses to rule on peat swamp case

An Indonesian court has thrown out a lawsuit concerning the development of peat swamp forests that was brought by conservationists who fear for the fate of orangutans

The Associated Press in Times-Standard | April 3, 2012

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Palm oil case against 'Green Governor' in Indonesia heats up

Environmental activists have launched an urgent appeal calling for a "just decision" in a court case that has pitted Aceh's "Green Governor" and palm oil developers against efforts to save endangered orangutans in a Sumatran peat forest

Rhett A. Butler | mongabay.com | March 22, 2012

Sumatran orangutan in the Leuser rainforest. Photo by Rhett Butler.

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Why Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry is reluctant to investigate APP’s illegal logging of ramin trees

When Greenpeace told the Ministry of Forestry that it had found evidence that Asia Pulp and Paper was illegally logging ramin trees, the Ministry’s response less than enthusiastic. More than two weeks later, the Ministry told Greenpeace that it “intends” to visit APP’s pulp mill. Meanwhile APP has been busy removing the evidence from its timber yards

By Chris Lang | REDD-Monitor | 20th March 2012

PHOTO Credit: Greenpeace

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In the REDD: New report from Friends of the Earth International about the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership

A recent report from Friends of the Earth International takes a further look at the Australian-funded Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. The report looks at the social and environmental effectiveness of the KFCP project and concludes that forest carbon offsets are a false solution to climate change

By Chris Lang | REDD-Monitor | 1st March 2012

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Possible embezzlement halts WWF-run REDD project in Tanzania

Two conservation and community projects in Tanzania have been halted after the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) reported possible corruption

Jeremy Hance | mongabay.com | February 29, 2012

Forest in Tanzania. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler.

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Discriminatory Forestry Regulations and REDD projects in Indonesia

Earlier this month, a group of Indonesian and international organisations wrote to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination about the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) project in Papua

By Chris Lang | REDD-Monitor | 24th February 2012

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WWF scandal (part 2): Corporate capture, commodities and carbon trading

A recent article asks whether corporations have captured big conservation? The subheading could have read, “Do bears shit in the woods?”

By Chris Lang | REDD-Monitor | 9th February 2012

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