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FSC rules in upheaval after accusations made towards Asia Pulp & Paper
Printweek.com, 01 Nov '07

Australia-Indonesia forestry deal a good start, says Labor
ABC, Australia, 09 Sep '07

'Gold rush' for wood flooring is destroying endangered habitat in New Guinea
The Independent, UK, 17 Apr '07

Indonesia’s first “Restoration Forest” gives hope to last rainforests in Sumatra
Birdlife International, 02 Apr '07

Leaders Endorse 'Heart Of Borneo' Declaration
Brunei Direct, Brunei, 07 Jan '07

Illegal logging crackdown adds to problems of border dwellers
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 07 Nov '05

'Another Tragedy In Aceh: Illegal Logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 16 Jul '05

Borneo Lowland Forests Face Extinction
Environmental News Network,
08 Jun '05

Greens want "timber aid" for tsunami-struck Aceh
Reuters Foundation, 27 Jan '05

EC Accused of Using Illegally Logged Timber
Tenders Direct, 19 May '04

Malaysia & Indonesia should join in tackling illegal timber theft
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 16 Feb '04

Central Kalimantan blind to illegal logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 08 Mar '04

Britain rejects Indonesian plywood over illegal timber issue
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 08 Jan '04

Law enforcement weak, forest destruction worsens: WWF
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 23 Dec '03

Indonesian conservationists object to border road
Borneo Bulletin, Brunei, 11 Nov '03

Police pledge to curb illegal loggers
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 09 Nov '03

Flood victims want justice, death for illegal loggers
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 07 Nov '03

Megawati joins the chorus blaming forest destruction
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 06 Nov '03

Rampant deforestation blamed for Langkat flash flood
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 05 Nov '03

Sumatra flood toll hits 85; 120 still missing
Straits Times, Singapore, 02 Nov '03

Flash floods in Sumatra leave 67 dead, deforestation blamed
Straits Times, Singapore, 02 Nov '03

Opinion & Editorial - Decentralize to save the forest
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 27 Oct '03

Critical land in Java main priority for forest policy
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 01 Sep '03

Minister worries over Citarum forest destruction
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 30 Aug '03

Entire rainforests set to disappear in next decade
The Independent online, 07 Jul '03

Regent named a suspect in illegal logging case
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 05 Jul '03

Protected forests in Bogor shrinking
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 30 Jun '03

Indonesian illegal logs used to build new UK home ministry offices
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 11 Jun '03

Woman greens East Java mountains
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 10 Jun '03

Village heads threaten to quit over Toba pulp mill issue
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 10 Jun '03

Opinion and Editorial : Green and wealthy - An Indonesian oxymoron?
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 07 Jun '03

Illegal logging frustrates government: Minister
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 04 Jun '03

Linggasana gives rise to new forest management concept
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 03 Jun '03

Experts fear forest will turn to desert
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 20 May '03

Govt expands reforestation to 21 catchment areas
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 10 May '03

Environmentalists call for an end to deforestation
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 16 Apr '03

'Swedish role' in destruction of Indonesian forests
Straits Times, Singapore, 24 Mar '03

NGOs fight against illegal logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 20 Mar '03

West Kalimantan unable to halt illegal logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 18 Mar '03

Riau's Talang Mamak tribe faces ever-shrinking lands
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 11 Mar '03

Deforestation threatens Riau tribespeople
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 11 Mar '03

Govt to launch reforestation program
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 03 Mar '03

2,500 people plant trees on Merapi slopes
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 24 Feb '03

Money, guns destroy protected forest in Central Kalimantan
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 10 Feb '03

Government claims illegal logging lower
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 30 Jan '03

Thousands protest pulp plant 'operations' in Porsea, North Sumatra
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 28 Jan '03

'Corruption' in Indonesia logging war
BBC News, 14 Jan '03

Group to Sue Indonesia Forestry Co.
Yahoo News, 13 Dec '02

Is it that difficult to stop illegal logging?
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 24 Sep '02

Bad law blamed for forest damage
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 26 Sep '02

Indonesia's rain forests may vanish
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 21 Sep '02

Govt steps up pressure against illegal logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 18 Sep '02

Organized crime ring pillaging forests: Official
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 17 Sep '02

Widespread illegal logging to bring more drought, floods
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 16 Sep '02

Forest auditors accused of links to timber convict
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 12 Sep '02

Clock ticking for Indonesian rainforest
BBC, 30 Aug '02

Opinion : On logging moratorium
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 11 Jul '02

Logging ban pleases environmentalists but upsets pulp industry
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 01 Jul '02

The case for sustainable forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 05 Jun '02

Indonesia's neighbors mute on illegal logs
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 05 Jun '02

Save secondary forests too
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 20 May '02

51 Papuan tribes face extinction due to logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 17 May '02

Forest management runs short of funds
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 14 May '02

Megawati calls for logging moratorium
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 13 May '02

NGOs join forces in forest management
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 20 Apr '02

Confiscated logs secretly sold
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 05 Apr '02

Senior N. Sumatra officials slam Malaysia over haze
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 22 Mar '02

Jakarta vows to keep eye on logging practices
Asia Times Online, 20 Mar '02

Deforestation leaves Dieng Plateau barren
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 19 Mar '02

Kalimantan Timber trader's thugs did this to him
Straits Times, Singapore, 10 Mar '02

Indonesia: More local power may mean fewer trees
Asia Times Online, 06 Mar '02

West Java administration suspends industrial logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 23 Feb '02

Indonesia can't see the forest for the trees
Asia Times Online, 22 Feb '01

Firms accused of damaging forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 14 Feb '02

Indonesia's record-breaking forest disappearing fast
Asia Times Online, 06 Feb '02

Wonosobo awaits control of forest
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 25 Jan '02

Sumatra : Rizal gets serious about reforestation program
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 03 Jan '02

Military told to stay away from logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 03 Jan '02

Indonesian forests 'will disappear in a few years'
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 31 Dec '01

Police detain 24 ships carrying illegal timber
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 31 Dec '01

Illegal logging destroys Indonesia's forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 28 Dec '01

Indonesia forests dwindling rapidly by the year
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 27 Dec '01

Regional autonomy puts Irian forests in peril
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 21 Dec '01

Hope still for the country's tropical forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 11 Dec '01

Jakarta authorities get tough on illegal logging
Straits Times, Singapore, 11 Dec '01

'Kalimantan's forests could disappear in 5 years'
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 10 Dec '01

Govt foils log smuggling attempt, detains vessels
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 08 Dec '01

Indonesia forest concession holders need environment certificate: Government
Borneo Bulletin, Brunei, 05 Dec '01

Debt relief if Jakarta protects forests
Straits Times, Singapore, 30 Nov '01

EU praises East Kalimantan's forest project
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 29 Nov '01

West Java govt takes control of forests from Inhutani
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 24 Nov '01

Legislator, Abdul Rasyid, accused of illegal logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 15 Nov '01

Police action sought to curb Indramayu deforestation
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 14 Nov '01

EU blasts Indonesia over poor forest management
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 12 Nov '01

Gunung Kidul sows a greener future
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 12 Nov '01

Only clean government can save the forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 07 Nov '01

Police action needed to save Central Java forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 07 Nov '01

President asks for reform on forest management
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 26 Oct '01

Who really owns West Java forests?
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 22 Oct '01

Indonesia bans export of logs
Asia Times Online, 10 Oct '01

Tribal people threaten log firm
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 27 Sep '01

Concerned Balinese act to protect vanishing forest
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 18 Sep '01

Firm action against illegal loggers sought
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 13 Sep '01

Forest law enforcement conference opens in Bali
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 12 Sep '01

Concessionaires responsible for forest destruction
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 04 Sep '01

Indonesian police ordered to shoot illegal loggers
Borneo Bulletin, Brunei, 01 Sep '01

Facing up to destruction of forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 24 Aug '01

Environmental Disaster - Learning from Nias
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 09 Aug '01

Stop logging in Nias: Councillor
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 06 Aug '01

Paper from endangered forests
The Star, Malaysia, 10 Jul '01

Walhi calls for logging moratorium
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 09 Jun '01

Regents to issue forestry licenses
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 28 May '01

Trucks impounded for illegal logs
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 21 May '01

Legal action taken against illegal loggers
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 16 May '01

Indonesia finally acts on illegal logging
Asia Times Online, 11 May '01

Government to crack down on nationwide illegal logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 12 May '01

Timber consultant says bad guys are winning the war
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 08 May '01

Regions ask for reforestation funds
Jakarta Post, 06 Apr '01

Immediate rehabilitation schemes needed for forests
Jakarta Post, 30 Mar '01

Whir of chain saws goes on in East Kalimantan rain forests
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 20 Mar '01

Community forest development called for
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 20 Mar '01

Finding solution to forest destruction
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 16 Mar '01

Indonesia's forests face grave threat
Straits Times, Singapore, 13 Dec '01

Forests under threat from debt-laden firms: Report
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 13 Dec '00

Call for moratorium on logging
Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 23 Oct '00