Tag Archives: Deforestation

If the ANJ group wants a sustainable image, why is it clearing forest and creating conflict??

By admin | Published: October 26, 2017

Austindo Nusantara Jaya wants to be seen as an environmentally-friendly company. Sixteen pages of its 2016 Annual Report went into considerable detail on its sustainability practices, and, on 11th October, a new Sustainability Report was published. Packed with commitments, it gives the impression of a company at the forefront of the sustainability movement . As […]

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Merauke Burns – but were the plantations to blame?

By admin | Published: November 20, 2015

The rains have finally arrived, putting out the forest fires that raged across Indonesia through the last few months. Forest burning takes place every dry season, but this year an especially strong El Nino phenomenon meant that the dry season was longer and dryer, and the fires were especially bad. The worst crises were, as […]

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Analysis of satellite data shows that ANJ Agro has started clearing forest in South Sorong and Maybrat.

By admin | Published: July 26, 2014

Analysis by Jakarta-based NGO Greenomics has shown that Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agro has started clearing forest for two large oil palm plantations in South Sorong and Maybrat Regencies in West Papua province. A series of satellite photographs shows that areas of forest have been cleared in the concession areas of both PT Permata Putera Mandiri […]

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#savearu sees off Menara Group, time to #savebovendigoel

By admin | Published: May 21, 2014

The story may be over for the Menara Group in Aru, now it’s time to look at Boven Digoel. There another mega-plantation plan is opening the door to the Malaysian timber barons, who are using the pretext of oil palm plantations to get their hands on 400,000 hectares of primary forest. The people of the […]

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Deforestation Continues at Alarming Rate in Papua

By admin | Published: August 16, 2012

TEMPO Interactive, Jayapura:Greenpeace Indonesia has noted that every year the rate of deforestation in Papua reaches as much as 300 thousand hectares. Severe deforestation is occurring in southern Papua, particularly areas packed with oil palm plantations. “That’s what our research shows in 2009 and 2010. By now the destruction to the forests there may have […]

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