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Tag: Illegal Logging

Referring to the European Union Deu Diligence Regulation (EUDDR) proposal, even though it has ISPO and RSPO certificates, palm oil commodities are still required to undergo due diligence if they enter the European Union market......
Kaoem Telapak organized a movie screening and photo exhibition at Tugu Kunstkring Paleis Jakarta, to raise awareness among the public about the pivotal role of forests......
Indonesia’s legal system is failing to act against timber criminals, seriously undermining the country’s top-level efforts to tackle illegal logging and deforestation.

New research by Kaoem Telapak and our partner EIA reveal that action through the courts was taken against only a handful of companies out of more than 50 proven to have either traded directly or indirectly in illegal timber......
in August 1999 Telapak and our partner published the The Final Cut, which revealed how the illegal logging at a commercial scale in Tanjung Puting and Leuser National Park has occurred, andwhat was aired to the billion tv viewers across Indonesia and the globe.

Tanjung Puting National Park is known as the only preserving area for the Orangutan habitat in Central Kalimantan.

Ten percent of the tropical forest in the world is located in Indonesia, and become a vital area home to unique biodiversity. Despite this fact, the systematic deforestation for the sake of profit in short term, hence accelerates the environmental.....