News / Papua New Guinea
The Knasaimos peoples of the South Sorong Regency in Papua have been granted legal land rights over their indigenous lands. However, enforcing these rights remains challenging, with a lack of political will by the Indonesian government to enact the draft law on Indigenous peoples, and persistent targeting of merbau timber by loggers.
Polisi & Kewangan
Diversity, equity and inclusion: Asia urged to look beyond gender
While gender was one of the first items addressed and remains a priority, experts say Asia has lingered on this issue for too long, neglecting other vital areas.
Polisi & Kewangan
Billion-dollar forest conservation scheme Rimba Collective scrambles to meet first-year targets
With just days to go before the end of the year, it has closed two more projects in Indonesia, bringing the initiative to complement the palm oil industry's efforts to end deforestation in Southeast Asia closer to its near-term target.
Polisi & Kewangan
Nearly 1 million hectares in forest loss attributed to palm oil industry
Palm oil companies across Southeast Asia are liable for the recovery of a Puerto Rico-sized area of forest because of their history of environmental harm, a new report shows.
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Polisi & Kewangan
Proposal to carve up Indonesian Papua rings endangers people and forests
8 March 2022
Polisi & Kewangan
Ukraine war gives ammunition to the deep-sea mining lobby
27 October 2021
Polisi & Kewangan
What poverty looks like on your plate
3 August 2021
23 June 2021
9 February 2021
8 February 2021
14 April 2020
11 December 2019
30 October 2019
9 October 2019
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The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?
26 November 2018
Makanan & Pertanian
China should stop importing illegal timber—activists
27 September 2018
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