Kaoem Telapak condemns the violent action followed by allegedly live bullets shooting carried out by Seruyan District Police and Central Kalimantan Provincial Police against the people of Bangkal Village, Seruyan Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia on October 7th 2023. This shooting incident resulted in one person being shot dead and two (2) people in critical condition, as well as the arrest of a number of Indigenous community members while protesting the palm oil company violations......
As many as 44 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Indonesia expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the European Union's trialogue regarding anti-deforestation regulations, commonly known as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). According to the Indonesian CSOs, the EUDR is still far from expectations. As a civil society group in a producing country that will be indirectly affected, Indonesian CSOs assess that the EUDR needs to be sufficiently capable of reducing the rate of deforestation, and the greenhouse effect, preserving biodiversity and protecting the smallholders, local communities, also Indigenous Peoples. Unfortunately, it won't. Indonesian CSOs have identified various issues in.....
The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice, or the MKE Coalition, conveys its pressure regarding negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Indonesia and the European Union or I-EU CEPA......
In response to the EU’s proposed regulation on deforestation-free products, Solidaridad and 49 other civil society organizations call on the Commission to urgently assess smallholders’ needs. Without support, smallholders may struggle to comply and be excluded from the EU market while deforestation continues......
In response to the EU anti-deforestation regulation, Indonesian CSO made up their statement regard to this process, which aimed to accommodate Indonesian perspective to it......
We are demanding the Myanmar military government to #releaseKyawMinHtut, a respected #forestandrightsdefender, who has been arrested and detained under false and absurd charges......
This statement summarises the views of civil society organisations from Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and West and Central Africa, engaged in addressing key challenges threatening forests around the world, including the ongoing trade in illegal timber and commodity led deforestation. It proposes lasting solutions that would help to deliver EU and global policy commitments.... Read more on fulltext below .....
We the organizations in the Civil Society Organization Coalition working in monitoring the implementation of the Timber Legality Verification System (TLAS-SVLK) hereby deliver our joint statement to the European Commission regarding interim findings of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation Fitness Check. The FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) is a bilateral agreement between the European Union (EU) and timber exporting countries, with the objective of enhancing forestry sector governance and ensuring that timber and timber products exported to the EU are produced in compliance with rules and regulations in the partner.....
Indonesia has become a leader in the global fight against illegal logging. In 2001, it hosted a regional conference, which concluded with the Bali Declaration on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance. This helped to make illegal logging an issue of global concern. Indonesia’s efforts to tackle illegal logging therefore pre-dated and influenced the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan of 2003, which aims to address illegal logging through both demand and supply side action, including VPAs......
In response to the UK Due Diligence Regulation Proposal related to Deforestation, the Indonesian Civil Society Organisation (CSO) gather in a series of discussions to formulate the input to that process. It aimed to give an Indonesian perspective and eliminate the loopholes that may be affected Indonesian palm oil smallholders......
