The Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) has been mandatorily implemented since 2009 in Indonesia. It aims to improve forestry governance and trade. With this new policy, illegal logging and illegal timber trade are expected to stop. In December 2018 to February 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) have seized more than 400 […]
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Samarinda, July 12, 2019. SPORC Investigators Brigade Section II Samarinda Samarinda, Balai Gakkum LHK Kalimantan Region on Wednesday (07/10/2019) around 9.30 WITA secured 3 illegal logging intellectual actors with the initial N (51) from Nunukan, Y (Y 57) from Balikpapan and RH (56) from Nunukan, in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan Province. Investigators set the three
The area of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has now reached 22.2 million hectares (Sawit Watch, 2018) with 30% owned by farmers. The palm oil industry currently has a major contribution to the national economy, with exports of crude palm oil (CPO) reaching 12% of national exports with total production in 2016 reaching 31 million
Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Investigators at the Kalimantan Region Gakkum LHK Kalimantan Region Region II Samarinda, on Friday June 14, 2019 in a joint operation, managed to secure 16 people and the KLM Kartika ship loaded with about 30 M3 of Galam wood from the Apar Bay Nature Reserve area in Selengot Village, Tanjung District Harapan
On this “The Monitor” 12th edition newsletter, we share various information on progress and improvement of forest management in Indonesia. In last December 2018, the Independent Forest Monitoring Network (IMFN) as one of Indonesia representatives was invited to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) meeting in Bangkok. It was a commemoration of
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The Central Jakarta District Court rejected all pretrial petition filed by Henoc Budi Setiawan from CV Sorong Timber Irian, a suspect in illegal logging cases in Papua Province, against the Directorate General of Environmental and Forestry Law Enforcement (Ditjen Gakkum), Ministry of Environment and Forestry, 12 April 2019. The Director General of Gakkum KLHK Rasio
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Civil servant investigator DG Gakkum KLHK immediately named the suspect the owner of 10 thousand illegal ebony logs to be exported to Sanghai and Huangpu, China, by a timber company in Palu City, Central Sulawesi. The Directorate General of Gakkum in collaboration with the Sea Security Agency (Bakamla) secured 27.5000 m3 in two containers while
Today, the Director General of the Gakkum LHK received a working visit of 20 members of the House of Representatives Commission IV in the framework of reviewing the evidence of catches as well as monitoring the follow-up of operations to capture illegal logs from Papua and West Papua. The meeting took place in the storage
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Makassar, March 11, 2019. Good news for the Director General of Gakkum KLHK, after one week of hearing, Basling Sinaga, SH, MH, Makassar District Court (PN) judge – who presided over the pretrial hearing proposed by Sutarmi (CV Rizky Timber Mandiri); Toto Solehudin (CV. Mevan Jaya); Suryo Egar Prasetiyo (CV Edom Artha Jaya); Ir. Budi
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