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In revising its criminal code, Indonesia risks unraveling environmental laws

The latest draft of Indonesia's criminal code contains provisions that would make it more difficult to prosecute environmental crimes, such as dumping toxic waste in rivers and setting forest fires, experts say.

Raid against Sumatran official uncovers use of slave labor on oil palm farm
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Raid against Sumatran official uncovers use of slave labor on oil palm farm

JAKARTA — A sting by anti-corruption officers in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province has uncovered evidence that a powerful local official allegedly used slave labor on his oil palm plantation. Agents from the KPK, Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission, found 48 men locked up in barred cells during a raid on Jan. 18 at the residential compound of […]
Proposal could redefine palm oil-driven deforestation as reforestation in Indonesia
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Proposal could redefine palm oil-driven deforestation as reforestation in Indonesia

JAKARTA — Across large swaths of Indonesia, forests have been cleared to make way for oil palms, making the plantation industry one of the leading drivers of deforestation in the country. But this inconvenient truth may soon be masked by a sleight being peddled by the country’s leading forestry university to reclassify oil palms as […]
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Indonesia slashes 2021 mangrove restoration target, vows to make up in 2022

Indonesia has lost much of its mangroves to shrimp farms and logging, which have also undone previous efforts at mangrove rehabilitation.

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deforestation linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Palm oil plantations, coal mines linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Environmentalists have attributed recent heavy floods in southern Indonesian Borneo to widespread deforestation for oil palm plantations and coal mines.

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Agribusiness giants trading in ‘conflict’ palm oil

Agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge trading in ‘conflict’ palm oil, report says

A report by Global Witness has found that more than 100 Indonesian palm oil mills supplying agribusiness giants ADM and Bunge have been accused of land and human rights violations and environmental destruction.

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Indigenous Papuans’ victory over palm oil firm is shaky
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State neglect means Indigenous Papuans’ victory over palm oil firm is shaky

Without this official recognition from the central government, the forest can still be licensed out for agriculture, activists point out.

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legal rights for nature

Ecuador’s forest win sets global precedent for nature’s legal rights

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Schools across the US are removing asphalt to reduce heat risks

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The Inflation Reduction Act’s green energy promise is putting Black communities at risk

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Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

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Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute

Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute