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STATEMENT: Company Concession Data Cannot Be Kept Secret

  • access to information
  • access to information

Indonesia Haze Risk Will Remain High Unless Ministers Keep Promises

  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Daily life in a peatland area in Indonesia. Two thirds of this summer's forest fires appear to have been on peatland. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

How Singapore Can Help Clear the Air on the Haze

  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Fires in Indonesia spread a thick haze across parts of South-East Asia. Photo credit: davidwjford/Flickr
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

New Data Shows Indonesian Forest Fires a Longstanding Crisis

  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Singapore experienced record-breaking levels of air pollution in recent days. Photo credit: davidwjford/Flickr
  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • palm oil
  • sustainable business
Deforestation is often associated with commodity production in Indonesia. Credit: Agung Prasetyo/CIFOR
  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • palm oil
  • sustainable business

WRI Releases Updated Data on the Fires in Indonesia

  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Burned forest in Central Kalimantan 2011, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

Peering Through the Haze: What Data Can Tell Us About the Fires in Indonesia

  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
A forest fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 2011. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

Making the Right Choice on Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
More than 80 million Indonesians rely on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

Indonesia Extends its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
Women in harvest ground nuts in teak forest area. Photo credit: Murdani Usman/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution
The Jakarta Declaration aims to strengthen rights to environmental information in Indonesia, China, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Photo credit: Luca Bruno/Flickr
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution

A Conversation with Nirarta “Koni” Samadhi on Indonesia’s Forests

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Forest in Kerinci region, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo credit: Luke Mackin/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Lacey Act
About 500 million people depend directly on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Lacey Act

Civil Society Groups Help Make Electricity Affordable and Sustainable

  • access to information
  • electricity
  • electricity governance
  • energy access
  • governance
  • India
  • Indonesia
Civil society organizations are working to improve electricity governance in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Photo credit: mckaysavage/Flickr
  • access to information
  • electricity
  • electricity governance
  • energy access
  • governance
  • India
  • Indonesia

Asia Pulp & Paper's Anti-Deforestation Pledge: Sign of a Changing Industry?

  • business
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • paper
  • sustainable business
Asia Pulp & Paper committed to stop cutting down natural forests in Indonesia. Photo credit: netaholic13/Flickr
  • business
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • paper
  • sustainable business

The False Choice Between Palm Oil and Indonesian Forests

  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Indonesia exported $19.7 billion of crude palm oil in 2011. Photo Credit: Beth Gingold/WRI
  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

2 New Tools Can Cut Deforestation and Support Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia

  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
WRI recently released two new online mapping applications designed to help the palm oil industry grow while avoiding deforestation. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

New Study Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for Indonesia Forest Moratorium

  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD
In May, 2011, Indonesia put into effect a two-year moratorium on the award of new concessions for exploitation of natural forests and peat lands. Photo credit: WRI
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD

Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban

  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in Para, Brazil. The situations in Brazil and Indonesia should lend a sense of urgency and purpose to the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Photo Credit: Leoffreitas/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC

A New Approach to Feeding the World

  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • ecosystem services
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • ecosystem services
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil