Forests.org: Indonesia Links (XML/RSS)

U.K. branch of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation works to protect the orangutan in its natural habitat, and to promote its long-term welfare in Indonesia

maintains the biodiversity in threatened tropical rainforests campaigns for the rights of the peoples who inhabit the rainforests

a report by Greenpeace International that describes the controversy surrounding the development of Indonesian peatlands by the pulp and paper and the palm oil industries (pdf)

a UNEP report which details the state of emergency in Indonesia's National Parks including illegal logging, fire and oil palm (pdf)

contains information, photos and videos about Sarawak culture and major issues affecting their indigenous communities

WRI project in Indonesia to curb new oil palm plantations from clearing virgin or primary forests by developing diversified revenue streams

a report that calculates CO2 emissions from peat oxidation and peat fires in South East Asia and investigates the causes, likely future trends and options for mitigation strategies; by Delft Hydraulics in cooperation with Wetlands International and Alterra

Australian campaign to encourage retailer Woolworths to reconsider its choice of pulp and paper sourced from Indonesia

a non profit organization staffed by volunteers to raise funds and collect donations for Orangutan Conservation and habitat protection

works on protection and reintroduction of orangutans on Borneo

news and articles provided in an effort to support and unite efforts to protect the highly endangered Sumatran rhino and its habitat

seeks to establish a new conservation paradigm that promotes the planning, development and implementation of model conservation areas in Borneo

report documents deforestation and degradation of natural forests in a section of Sumatra, Indonesia, and its impacts upon carbon release and climate change (pdf)

monitors and campaigns on the social and human implications of environmental issues in Indonesia, focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples of the 'outer islands'

a coalition of three local environmental organizations in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia committed to investigate the state of Riau's forests and the players who influence it, includes WWF Indonesia's Tesso Nilo Programme, Jikalahari ("Forest Rescue Network Riau") and Walhi Riau (“Friends of the Earth Indonesia”)

a report from Friends of the Earth (Netherlands and Indonesia) that demonstrates how the emerging bio-energy market is contributing to an excessive expansion of the oil palm industry in Indonesia and it shows how sustainability schemes in biofuel policies and palm oil sector initiatives fail to prevent illegal operations, deforestation, carbon emissions, and social conflicts (pdf)

Friends of the Earth details how demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil present in many of the goods we buy, is contributing to the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests

Global Forest Watch provides general information

a network that supports habitat and resources management for the Orang Rimba (Kubu) in Indonesia, whose habitat has been reduced for conversion of forest for oil palm plantations and transmigration

supports the conservation and understanding of the orangutan and its rain forest habitat while caring for ex-captive individuals as they make their way back to the forest

aims to protect the orangutan and the conservation of its rainforest habitat while caring for and repatriating ex-captive orangutans back into the wild

a blog that keeps an eye on forests and forest governance in Papua and West Papua, Indonesia

campaign against plans for a goldmine in the Lembeh-Pulisan-Bangka region of Sulawesi, Indonesia that is threatening an area of rainforest, a lagoon and large numbers of endemic species

including studies of the impact of land use change and fire on the sustainability of peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, including Sebangau, the largest remaining intact peatland

a large scale research program that uses a holistic interdisciplinary scientific approach to investigate policies and socio-economic and ecological determinants that stabilize or threaten tropical forest margins