The Threats to Siberut Island, the Galapagos of Asia (bahasa Indonesia)
Several companies hold concessions that threaten the tropical rainforest of Siberut Island.
Several companies hold concessions that threaten the tropical rainforest of Siberut Island.
The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Siberut Island is the smallest and most endemic area in the world with 20 endemic animals including four endemic primates.
Tempo’s collaboration with Mongabay Indonesia, Betahita, Malaysiakini and Auriga Nusantara found traces of the involvement of a number of forestry and oil palm plantation companies in the big forest fire in 2019.
Financial industries continue to disburse funds to companies involved in agricultural practices that threaten forests.
Journalists and civil society organizations from different countries came together to uncover the alleged involvement of corporations in Indonesia’s 2019 fire season.
There is concern that a number of articles in the job creation bill may weaken environmental law enforcement. The bill poses a new threat to forests and peatlands.
The next two months will be crucial for Nazir Foead and his team at Indonesia's Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG). Peatlands have been vulnerable to fires during this time of year, and BRG has been the target of criticism.
Land and forest fires ravaged Indonesia in 2019. Satellite imagery and field checking suggest that companies were at fault. Poor law enforcement and lax regulations may trigger similar disasters in the future.
Companies responsible for forest fires in Indonesia are not being served equal punishment. Civil suits are difficult to execute, while criminal suits do not seem to be moving forward.
Power plants in three Indonesian villages stopped operating less than a year after being officially opened. As a result, hundreds of families spend their nights without electricity.
A conspicuously issued permit for building a coal-transporting road threatens Sumatra's protected Harapan Forest.
A conspicuously issued permit for building a coal-transporting road threatens Sumatra's protected Harapan Forest.