The Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) that has been developed since 2003 through a multistakeholder process aims to ensure that timber and wood products in Indonesia come from verifiable legal sources. In addition, SVLK is also a tool for promoting legal timber to deal with illegal logging, which is also central to the partnership agreement […]
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Bogor, June 30, 2016. A number of civil society organizations urged the Indonesian Government to immediately resolve the conflict between the Muara Tae Indigenous Community and PT Borneo Surya Mining Jaya (PT. BSMJ) oil palm plantation, First Resources Group. This insistence was conveyed after the intimidation and death threats of the indigenous people who refused
The implementation of the Timber Legality Verification System in Indonesia has gone through a long journey and is expected to be fully implemented without exception. SVLK is a system built by the Indonesian government involving multi-parties as an effort to provide certainty that wood products and raw materials are obtained from sources whose origins
Bogor, 18 May 2016. A number of environmental NGOs are urging the Indonesian Government to improve monitoring and law enforcement in support of implementing the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, which aims to correct forest governance in Indonesia. One of the tangible steps requested is to follow-up on violations highlighted in
Bogor, 18 May 2016. A number of environmental NGOs are urging the Indonesian Government to improve monitoring and law enforcement in support of implementing the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, which aims to correct forest governance in Indonesia. One of the tangible steps requested is to follow-up on violations highlighted in
On April 21, 2016, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and European Council President Donald Tusk delivered a joint statement that the European Union and Indonesia agreed to immediately take steps towards implementing the first FLEGT licensing scheme, which is the efforts of both parties to reduce illegal logging and promote trade
On 21 April 2016, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and President of the European Council Donald Tusk issued a joint statement that the European Union and Indonesia have agreed to immediately undertake steps toward implementation of the first FLEGT licensing scheme, which is an effort from both parties to
Monitoring was carried out by JPIK Central Java in April 2016 The results of monitoring indicate that there is a discrepancy in verifier 1.1.1. (C). found that people living around PT HII had never been involved in making HO permits.
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Monitoring done by JPIK Central Java in April 2016. The monitoring results indicate an incompatibility: Verifier 1.1.1. (D). In the implementation of complete licensing, JPIK Central Java did not find any signboard of PT SKN’s company in front of the company. Verifier 1.1.1 (f). Wood dust from the chimney of PT SKN which reached residential
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