Forest

October 12, 2021

Deforestation and Deregulation Indonesia’s policies and implications for its palm oil sector

Press Conference peluncuran laporan, Deforestasi dan Deregulasi: Kebijakan dan implikasinya terhadap sektor kelapa sawit di Indonesia diselenggarakan secara online pada Selasa 12, Oktober 2021. Laporan baru berjudul Deforestation and Deregulation yang disusun oleh Kaoem Telapak dan mitranya Investigation Agency (EIA) yang berbasis di London, memperilihatkan bahwa pembukaan hutan, pelanggaran HAM, dan korupsi masih terjadi di sektor sawit Indonesia.

Palm Oil

September 19, 2021

Palm Oil moratorium, important to be extended and strengthened

Palm oil moratorium policy will expire in the coming hours. But till now, there is no official statement from the government. So far this moratorium policy is yet to
show a significant progress to to improve the governance in the palm oil sector in Indonesia. The Palm Oil Moratorium Coalition consists of many CSOs who have concerns on the palm oil governance in Indonesia and argue that the palm oil moratorium should be extended as well as strengthened in many aspects.

Forest

September 8, 2021

Statement of Solidarity for Kyaw Min Htut

We, the undersigned, have learned that our colleague, respected forests and rights defender and democracy advocate Kyaw Min Htut has been arrested and detained by the junta in Myanmar. He was arrested under the country’s Anti-Terrorist Act, Article 50, alleging he supported and gave financial help to groups classified as terrorists by the junta. We are demanding the Myanmar military government to immediately release Kyaw Min Htut unharmed and free of all charges.