News Archive

6th December 2009 - Time is Running Out for Sumatran Rainforest as Demand for Palm Oil Soars
Article by: Arwa Damon
Source: The Jakarta Globe

6th December 2009 - Indigenous People Must Be Involved In Carbon Reduction Scheme
Article by: Fidelis E Satriastanti
Source: The Jakarta Globe

4th December 2009 - Management Plan Could End Brazilian Deforestation by 2020, Study Says
Article by: Yale Environment e360
Source: Yale Environment e360

2nd December 2009 - Brazil to push for 10% limit on REDD carbon offsets
Article by: Rhett A. Butler
Source: mongabay.com

1st December 2009 - Journalist of the Year award for palm oil article
Article by: Survival International
Source: Survival International

30th November 2009 - World requires radical new economic models to fight poverty and mitigate global warming
Article by: Jeremy Hance
Source: Mongabay.com

22nd November 2009 - Moves to stop global warming are devastating tribal people
Article by: Survival International
Source: Survival International

18th November 2009 - Clearing Ground For A Deal To Save Forests
Article by: John Aglionby
Source: The Financial Times

10th November 2009 - UP FOR GRABS: DEFORESTATION AND EXPLOITATION IN PAPUA'S PLANTATIONS BOOM
Article by: EIA
Source: EIA
Massive Land Grab for Plantations in Papua Threatens Vital Forests and Exploits Local Communities

2nd November 2009 - Palm oil lobby group launches public relations push to counter environmental complaints
Article by: Rhett A. Butler
Source: mongabay.com

15th October 2009 - Activists Advocate Climate Justice For Poor, Indigenous People
Article by: Desy Nurhayati
Source: The Jakarta Post

2nd November 2009 - Blow to Malaysian palm oil industry as UK bans advert
Article by: Survival International
Source: Survival International
Penan tribe in Borneo welcomes ban

15th October 2009 - Climate change could threaten national security
Article by: Adianto P. Simamora
Source: The Jakarta Post

27th September 2009 - Statement released by the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change
Article by: Forest Peoples Programme
Source: Forest Peoples Programme

23rd September 2009 - European Biofuel Use Driving Disaster in Indonesia
Article by: FOE Europe Press Release
Source: FOE Europe

23th September 2009 - Arrested Penan say - Water from the dam will flood our lands.
Article by: Survival International
Source: Survival International

22nd September 2009 - Indonesia: emissions to rise 50% by 2030, 3rd largest GHG emitter
Article by: mongabay.com
Source: http://news.mongabay.com/

18th September 2009 - Lack of political will to uphold rights of indigenous peoples
Article by: Ragunath Kesavan
Source: National Express Malaysia

September 13, 2009 - Carbon-trading market hit as UN suspends clean-energy auditor
Article by: Danny Fortson, Georgia Warren
Source: Times Online

9th September 2009 - IFC agrees to suspend funding for palm oil sector in response to NGO critique.
Article by: Forest Peoples Programme
Source: Forest Peoples Programme
Press Release

8th September 2009 - REDD will fail with the current definition of 'forest'
Article by: Chris Lang
Source: REDD-Monitor

6 September 2009 - Philippines: Will tribes gain from climate change talks?
Article by: Purple S. Romero abs-cbnNEWS.com
Source: ABS-CBN News

7 September 2009 - Anglo-French oil company threatened with eviction by Amazon tribes
Article by: Survival International
Source: http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/492

25th August 2009 - Plantations as sinks: the carbon fraud at its worst
Article by: Chris Lang, REDD-Monitor
Source: Redd-Monitor

August 15, 2009 - Oil giants destroy rainforests to make palm oil diesel for motorists
Article by: Ben Webster, Environment Editor
Source: The Times

August 12, 2009 - Issues around palm oil development prove complex, controversial
Article by: mongabay.com
Source: mongabay.com

August 8 2009 - Indonesia: Sinar Resmi Declaration on Climate Change
Article by: AMAN and FPP
Source: Forest Peoples Programme

9 August 2009 - Malaysian Indigenous Peoples want moratorium on plantations, other extractive projects
Article by: By Indigenous Peoples Organisations
Source: Rengah Sarawak

6 August 2009 - Limit palm oil development to lands that store less than 40 tons of carbon/ha
Article by: Rhett A. Butler
Source: mongabay.com

28 July 2009 - Burning by Asia Pulp & Paper Contributes To Haze In Indonesia, Malaysia
Article by: Mongabay
Source: http://news.mongabay.com/

27 July 2009 - Thai Provinces Blanketed In Thick Smoke Due To Indonesia's Forest Fires
Article by: Channel News Asia
Thanks to INCL (Indonesia Nature Conservation newsLetter) 12-29a

27 July 2009 - Fires in APP/Sinar Mas Concessions Add to Region's Haze Woes
Article by: Eyes on the Forest
Source: Eyes on the Forest

24 July 2009 - An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up
Article by: ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Source: New York Times

15 July 2009 - Environmentalists Blast Asia Pulp and Paper For Road Project In Jambi
Article by: TEMPO DIANING SARI
Source: Tempo Interactive

13 July 2009 - Indonesia releases revenue sharing rules for REDD forest carbon projects
Article by: mongabay.com
Source: http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0713-redd_indon

10 July 2009 - Two more indigenous leaders seek asylum
Article by: Survival International
Source: Survival International

9 July 2009 - Peatland Forest Fires Rage Out of Control in Riau
Article by: Budi Otmansyah
Source: Jakarta Globe

7 July 2009 - Swiss banks continue to fund rainforest destruction in South-East Asia
Article by: Bruno Manse Fund
Source: Bruno Manse Fund

2 July 2009 - REDD readiness plans for Panama, Guyana approved but rejected for Indonesia
Article by: mongabay.com
Source: mongabay.com

1 July 2009 - Study asks Indonesia to adopt green economy
Article by: Adianto P. Simamora
Source: Jakarta Post

30 June 2009 - -Business as usual': Peru approves massive oil project just days after -Amazon's Tiananmen'
Article by: Survival International
Source: Survival International

20 May 2009 - Global warming estimates double in severity according to new MIT modeling
Article by: Jeremy Hance
Source: mongabay.com

26th May 2009 - In Ecuador, an Unusual Carbon-Credit Plan to Leave Oil Untapped
Article by: Joshua Partlow
Source: Washington Post Foreign Service

19th May 2009 - Palm oil firms taking away locals income
Source: The Jakarta Post , Jakarta

18th May 2009 - Peru army moves into Amazon after tribes blockade rivers and roads
Source: Guardian.co.uk
Ecology and culture at stake say environmentalists, as government plans to exploit rainforest for oi

13th May 2009 - Near-record flooding in the Amazon
Source: Mongabay.com

24 April 2009 - The Anchorage Declaration

5th May 2009 - Federal Court Affirms Broad Definition of Native Customary Rights
Article by: Tony Thien
Source: borneoproject.org

4th MAY 2009 - Hailed as a Miracle Biofuel, Jatropha Falls Short of Hype
Article by: by Jon R. Luoma
Source: e360
Will jatropha cultivation displace badly-needed food crops in the developing world.

22nd April 2009 - Climate solutions and indigenous peoples
Article by: mongabay.com
Source: mongabay.com
Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions

23rd March 2009 - A warning on REDD from U.N. committee
Article by: mongabay.com
Source: mongabay.com
REDD in Indonesia could evict forest people from their lands

23-25 March 2009 - Manila Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous People
Article by: Conference declaration

30 April 2009 - Using education to help communities in palm oil expansion areas
Source: Agence France Presse
Indonesian NGO Backs Villagers in Fight Against Palm Oil

March 11, 2009 - World Health Organisation Message to Copenhagen: Use health impact arguments to strengthen climate change agreements.
Source: World Health Organisation, press release

March 6, 2009 - Carbon Emissions May Cost Indonesia Dearly
Article by: Adianto P. Simamora
Source: The Jakarta Post

March 6, 2009 - Indonesia flushes target down carbon sink
Article by: Tom Allard
Source: The Age

March 6, 2009 - Human role in Indonesian forest fires traced
Article by: University of Toronto
Source: ScienceDaily

March 6, 2009 - Peatlands? Power to store carbon faces questions
Article by: Fidelis E. Satriastanti
Source: The Jakarta Globe

5th March 2009 - Drought threatens the Amazon rainforest as a carbon sink
Article by: Rhett A. Butler
Source: Mongabay.com
Drought in the Amazon is imperiling the rainforest ecosystem and global climate, reports new research published in Science

4th March 2009 - Indonesia applies for World Bank forest Co2 scheme
Article by: David Fogarty
Source: Singapore, Reuters

3rd February 2009 - The Economic Crisis and Oil Palm in 2009 - By Serge Marti
Global Crisis and Crude Palm Oil prices The price of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) rose steadily from around US$450 in mid-2006, reaching US$1,000/MT in January 2008 and attaining a historic high of US$1,400 in March 2008. However in the last few months the price has collapsed, in line with the price of oil

22nd January 2009 - No Forests for Elections - Stop Deforestation
"It is well known that the forestry sector is one of the most important sources for political parties to finance their election campaigns", said Bustar Maitar, Forest campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia

19th January 2009 - The Cost of the Biofuel Boom: Destroying Indonesia's Forests
The clearing of Indonesia's rainforest for palm oil plantations is having profound effects - threatening endangered species, upending the lives of indigenous people, and releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

8th January 2009 - Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change
The Inuit Circumpolar Council is hosting April 20-24, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska a Global Summit on Climate Change that will bring together indigenous delegates and observers.

17th December 2008 - Nicaragua's titling of native lands marks crucial step for indigenous rights - UN expert
An independent United Nations human rights expert has praised the Nicaraguan Government for giving the indigenous Awas Tingni community the title to its traditional lands, marking the culmination of a decades-long struggle by the group to gain recognition and protection of its ancestral territory.

19th November, 2008 - Malaysia's indigenous people to get land rights for first time
But proposed legal changes may sound more like a development model for oil palm expansion rather than an affirmation of indigenous rights to some. mongabay.com

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