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22 November 2011
Aceh’s Elephants In Peril

Aceh’s elephants in peril

Only 540 Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) are left in Aceh province.

In 1996 there were around 700, with a dramatic decrease over 15 years (1996 — 2011), according to data from the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BSKDA) of Aceh.

The BSKDA has noted that the main threats to these elephants are from hunting for their tusks, conflicts with locals, road and settlement construction and land reclamation for oil palm estates, which has forced elephants to feed closer to residential areas, sometimes leading to their death by poisoning.

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22 November 2011
Indonesia Attempts to Uproot Illegal Palm Oil Plantations

Indonesia Attempts to Uproot Illegal Palm Oil Plantations

Aceh. For decades, the roar of the chainsaw has meant one thing in the country’s national parks: illegal loggers ripping down the rainforest.

Now, the whirring blades are part of a fight back to cut illegal palm oil out of the international supply chain and slow the deforestation that has sky-high carbon emissions in Indonesia. The practice threatens the destruction of some of the world’s most ecologically important tropical forests, which contain plants and animals found nowhere else.

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03 November 2011
South East Aceh Police Confiscate Seven Tons of Illegal Timber

South East Aceh Police Confiscate Seven Tons of Illegal Timber

Southeast Aceh Police arrested two alleged illegal loggers while securing seven tons of timber in two locations; Bunga Melur Village Highland in sub-district Deleng Pokhisen and forest in sub-district Darul Hasanah on Sunday (23/10)

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10 October 2011
When Moratorium Logging Fall Under Jeopardy

When Moratorium Logging Fall Under Jeopardy

Banda Aceh (Phinisinews) - Quite often Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf witnes timber being poached from forest areas, although he continuously campaign for forest protection in the province. In fact, the policy to save the forest were born early in his term as a governor; often referred as "moratorium logging" or temporary suspension of logging in the entire province.

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27 September 2011
SBY Will Dedicate Final Years of His Presidency to Protect Rainforest

Palm oil causing drought

JAKARTA, Indonesia (September 27, 2011) _ Indonesia’s President on Tuesday vowed to dedicate the last three years of his administration to safeguarding his nation’s rainforests _ a pledge that received broad support at a major conference in Jakarta.

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