PT Indo Bagus Slat is the New WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network Participant

Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) welcomes its newest participant through GFTN-Indonesia today. The new participant is PT Indo Bagus Slat (IBS), a CoC FSC holder who produce pencil slat products which served as raw material for pencil production.

BBKSDA Riau and Environmental Activists Appreciate Law Enforcement in Wildlife Crime Case

If proven guilty, the defendants may serve up to five years imprisonment or a fine of Rp 100 million

Fires in APP/Sinar Mas Concessions Add to Region’s Haze Woes, Threaten New UN Biosphere Reserve (July 27, 2009)

Forest and peat fires are raging across numerous concessions in central Sumatra associated with APP/SMG, adding to regional haze problems and global climate change and destroying species-rich forests in the newly declared UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Riau

Asia Pulp & Paper/Sinar Mas Group Set to Destroy Orangutan Reintroduction Site, Critical Tiger Forest (May 19, 2009)

A massive logging operation planned by one of the world’s largest paper companies will destroy the forest home of 100 great apes that are part of the only successful reintroduction program for Sumatran orangutans, conservationists have learned.

WWF to Grade Palm Oil Buyers

In a bid to speed up this “sluggish performance”, WWF will assess the world’s major users of palm oil over the next six months and publish a Palm Oil Buyer’s Scorecard highlighting companies that support sustainable palm oil and exposing those who have no