‘Grave’ of Illegal Logs Found: Riau, Sumatra

April 1st, 2008 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Police are still investigating the discovery of around 1,300 cubic meters of buried illegal logs that were recently unearthed by flooding in Kampar regency, Riau. They said the logs had... [Read this entry]

Eco-Labelling Timber

October 25th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Forest Preservers Demand Rewards: Wonogiri, Central Java

October 24th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Forest Preservation

October 21st, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

The burden of forest preservation should be shared by all those that benefit from it, including the industrialized countries. Global warming has been a major issue over the last decade.... [Read this entry]

10 Million Trees Planted by Indonesian Women

October 9th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Seven Indonesian women`s organizations are planning to plant 10 million trees across the country on December 1, 2007 in anticipation of global warming and climate change. The activity will be... [Read this entry]

Global Warming and the Papuan Rainforests

October 7th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Papua is the size of California and is almost entirely covered by vast stretches of virgin rain forest spread over 41.5 million hectares — or 23 percent of Indonesia’s total... [Read this entry]

Cubadak Island: West Sumatra

August 30th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

I have been here many times, but frankly I’m never too bored to stay here for a couple of days. It’s really a nice quiet island. If you need to... [Read this entry]

Forests at Risk: Jayapura, Papua

August 22nd, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Papua is home to 10 percent of the world’s remaining Intact Forest Landscape, but 2 percent of that is at risk of forest conversion, according to an NGO.
“Unfortunately, Papua’s... [Read this entry]

Indonesians in Focus: Agusdin

August 14th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Agusdin speaks at length and in great detail about forests and their biological diversity, and becomes more impassioned when it comes to the Sungai Wain Forest Reserve in Balikpapan, East... [Read this entry]

Community Against Deforestation: Kalimantan

July 31st, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory on Borneo island, is well known for its pristine tropical forests, rich natural resources and exotic flora and fauna. Only a few places remain on earth... [Read this entry]