The Indonesian company PT Hutan Produksi Lestari has cleared 755 hectares of forest between January and August 2021. This makes it the fourth largest deforester for industrial trees in Indonesia in 2021 so far. Since January 2020, the company has owned an industrial tree concession of 10,050 hectares in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province. The concession falls within the habitat of the Critically Endangered Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
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Our October 2021 Newsletter is Out Now
Our October 2021 Newsletter is Out Now
Meet our new team members
East Africa Office Sarah Nulamansi Fenet Mekonnen Fenet holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management. She joined Aidenvironment in June 2021 as a young expert/project officer for the Green Future Farming program at Middle Awash Oromia, Ethiopia. She is based at the Doni field
Aidenvironment Demonstrates Integrated Water Resource Management for WASH at World Water Week
During SIWI World Water Week, WASH Alliance International member Aidenvironment, under its brand RAIN, and Wetlands International, Simavi, the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), and IRC organized a session on how Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) can make WASH interventions more resilient to climate change impacts.
Regional Sustainability Initiatives: A Complementary Pathway to Promote Sustainable Trade Between Key Trading Nations
Solidaridad Asia and Aidenvironment have written a joint paper on regional sustainability initiatives. These initiatives group key public and private stakeholders from key producing and consuming countries around a common sustainability agenda.
World’s Palm Oil Buyers Need Cross-Commodity No Deforestation Policies
In August, Aidenvironment published a new report highlighting 133,000 hectares of deforestation by ten companies in the industrial tree plantation sector in Indonesia and Malaysia since 2016. All these companies operate oil palm plantations and are suppliers to some of the world’s largest palm oil refiners and traders. These refiners/traders all operate under No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policies that commit them to preventing deforestation by their suppliers.
Connecting EU Timber Operators to Tropical Deforestation-linked Timber
Aidenvironment has recently finalized a study for the environmental law charity ClientEarth on the EU timber market. The study is part of a wider project on the role of timber operators in forest governance, in the framework of two tools to combat illegal logging: Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) and the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). The study ultimately aims to inform on whether these tools are still “fit for purpose”.
Webinar: Why Cross-Commodity No-Deforestation Policies Are Essential for Palm Oil Buyers
Please join Chain Reaction Research in this webinar, October 21 10:00 AM EST/4:00 PM CET, as we discuss the need for more ambitious policies and the financial risk of falling short on no-deforestation commitments.
Sector transformation: a systems approach to transforming commodity sectors
Sustainable sector transformation. Why is it important, what is it and how can you achieve it? Based on a recently published report, we present a theory and practical guidelines to better understand complex systems, and to then develop strategies for contributing to systemic changes and sector transformation.
First Stakeholder Meeting of the LASER-PULSE East Africa Water Security Project Provides Valuable Insights
On May 6, 2021, the LASER-PULSE East Africa Water Security project held the first stakeholder meeting. Seventy-two participants attended the meeting. Participants provided valuable insights and suggestions on data, policy, and stakeholder engagement.