Positive news from Indonesia
Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and AnimalsToday, Disney adds its significant voice to the growing chorus of companies demonstrating that there's no need to sacrifice endangered forests in Indonesia or elsewhere for the paper we use every day. |
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More positive news from Indonesia
Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and AnimalsToday, Disney adds its significant voice to the growing chorus of companies demonstrating that there's no need to sacrifice endangered forests in Indonesia or elsewhere for the paper we use every day. |
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KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestationWhile KFC bosses in Kentucky remain silent on whether it will cut forest destruction out of its supply chain globally, it looks like one country has gotten tired of waiting for headquarters to respond to the Greenpeace campaign. |
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Scientists recruit aerial drones to combat illegal logging
Source: Wall Street Daily, Mon May 21, 2012 |
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Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo regionIndonesia's forestry ministry said Thursday it would conserve nearly half its share of Borneo island, which is covered with dense rainforest, so as to meet a presidential pledge to reduce gas emissions. |
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Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in IndonesiaLevi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APP's continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP. |
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Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Coral Reefs
Source: Discovery News, Wed December 28, 2011 |
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Indonesian girl who was swept away in the 2004 tsunami is reunited with her familyA girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami seven years ago said Friday she broke down in tears this week after tracking down her parents, who had long lost hope of finding her alive. |
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Palm oil, pulp companies commit to zero-tolerance policy for orangutan killingTwo Indonesian plantation companies have signed an agreement to train workers not to kill or injure orangutans and other protected species. |
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Young Indonesians paint the town greenYoung Indonesians are breathing new life into their polluted concrete capital city with little more than buckets of soil and seeds. |
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Indonesian President vows to dedicate himself to forest preservationPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, during the last three years of his presidency, he would dedicate himself to efforts to preserve the country’s forests. |
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News from Southeast Asia
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- Philippines and Muslim rebels sign key peace plan
- Myanmar government abolishes direct media censorship
- Southeast Asia’s largest lowland rainforest spared from new land concessions
- Conservationists pledge to double number of tiny buffalo
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
- Scientists recruit aerial drones to combat illegal logging
- Burmese savour taste of democracy
- Nations get tough on tiger trade
- ‘Pyramids’ planted to revive Philippine corals