What did the locals give me for lunch in the forests of West Borneo?

These coconuts sticky rice in pitcher plants 🙂

Just because the forest is gone or replaced, this doesn’t mean that conservation values are erased!

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The fair costs for forest rehabilitation in Indonesia (commentary) A week ago, the media reported that the Ministry of Forestry estimated the total cost of rehabilitating Indonesia’s forests and critical lands at Rp153.78 trillion, or about US$9.2 billion, over nine ...

"Indonesia’s plan to spend US$9.2 billion in public funds to rehabilitate degraded forests lacks transparency and risks placing the financial burden on taxpayers rather than those most responsible for deforestation.

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#Deforestation

My latest piece on Mongabay:

“If only two dozen large corporations are responsible for landscape-scale forest degradation and deforestation, why should the State and Regional Budgets fund the rehabilitation of damaged landscapes?”

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My latest article on Mongabay:

“The recent ecological disaster in Sumatra, Indonesia, has sparked widespread public outcry and indicated strong political will from the Indonesian president to halt further forest destruction.”

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Let’s talk about forest fires.
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Why are we losing so much forest lately?

Indonesia lost 261,575 hectares in 2024, marking the highest rate since 2021.

We must put an end to this atrocity; we owe it to everyone.

#Deforestation
#ClimateCrisis
#Orangutan
#indonesia
#hutan

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How I feel when dealing with consultants hired by companies to greenwash.

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What should I talk about next? Let me know.

#instagram #sustainability

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Deforestation and colonialism.

Half of the world’s forests were destroyed during the 20th century, some for ‘plantation development’. Back then, Asians were labelled as “coolies”.

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It’s official. I just set up a new Instagram account, which serves as a platform to discuss corporate sustainability, forestry, social, climate, and stuff. Feel free to join the discussion. www.instagram.com/reel/DKv7lqC...

Indonesian oligarchs are lining up for access to 4.8 million hectares of forest to reduce emissions. Where are these forests located? To offset which emissions?

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Deadly #nickel:

The local residents, the fish, and the environment have been slowly poisoned by mercury and arsenic heavy metals from the nickel mining and processing area of Weda Bay, Central Halmahera, North Maluku.

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“Shadow companies are unacknowledged assets of a group, often held in offshore secrecy jurisdictions, which can allow the group to dodge accountability for environmental and social harms, including deforestation.”

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More than 3,200 hectares of land and forest, totalling an area the size of Macau, have been burned in Indonesia this year.

www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/as...

“Researchers say Indonesia’s claim of a 90% deforestation drop over the past ten years is misleading due to cherry-picked data and an extreme baseline year.”

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The EU will only label four “real baddies” countries as high risk for deforestation under its anti-deforestation law. Belarus, North Korea, Myanmar, and Russia will make the cut  – or the blacklist  – according to three EU diplomats.

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