The PEFC paradox: One of Indonesia's worst deforesters certified as ‘sustainable’
Despite clearing 22,000 ha of natural forest habitat for orangutans in Central Kalimantan during 2016-2022, PT IFP is certified 'sustainable' by the PEFC.
Despite clearing 22,000 ha of natural forest habitat for orangutans in Central Kalimantan during 2016-2022, PT IFP is certified 'sustainable' by the PEFC.
The RV industry is the largest consumer of tropical wood in the United States, using an average of 500 giant trees every day.
The ministry should not be tied with companies' greenwash.
The Anti-Forest Mafia Coalition appreciates the MoEF publishing the maps, but still requests that the operational maps as indicated in the Coalition’s
2013-2017 satellite imagery that shows deforestation in Fajar Surya Swadaya's HTI concession, a subsidiary of the Djarum Group, in East Kalimantan.
The Koalisi Anti Mafia Hutan has conducted spatial analysis and found that from the total land swap allocation of 921,230 hectares.
The Sumatran tiger population and landscape continues to shrink. Its conservation should be based on scientific matter.
Although deforestation in Indonesia has tended to decline, including in the pulp and palm oil sectors, recent spatial analysis shows a different picture.
An area more than 2.5 times the size of New York’s Central Park of pristine natural upland forest were cleared in the Aek Raja block of Toba Pulp Lestari’s concession between March 2021 and Dec 2025.
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