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This report summarises why social audits fail to uphold certification standards and offers possible solutions to re-build confidence in the audit system.

This report brings together a wide range of recent studies on the competitive struggle over control of land, timber and other resources in Indonesia's forest zones, providing an accessible guide to the practices and incentives generated by the country's 'Forest Politics.'

The proposed project – a partnership of the Asian Development Bank and the Australian Government – at present does not require consultation with indigenous communities and lacks safeguards to ensure respect for community rights and protection of the environment.

This report carried out by Forest Peoples Programme for the Global Canopy compiles what is known about the human rights impacts of palm oil development and provides guidance on how to address these abuses.

Senior Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials today respond on the bank’s proposed financing of road projects which will cut through the last remaining intact forest in Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan).

The use of ‘shadow companies’ is systemic within the oil palm industry. FPP’s new investigation into one of the most notorious oil palm operators in Indonesia finds substantial evidence the group is disguising its interests in companies whose beneficial owners are registered in a secrecy jurisdiction. These shadow companies are also responsible for extensive deforestation, peat land clearance and human rights abuses.

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) today announced it would investigate claims of human rights violations against the Indonesian indigenous community of Long Isun

FPP has lodged a Policy of Association complaint against Roda Mas Group and requested that the group be disassociated from the FSC due to violations of traditional and human rights in their forestry operations. The complaint is brought on behalf of the community of Long Isun, in the Heart of Borneo.

After a decade of struggles against the threat of forest destruction, the indigenous community of Long Isun has won a small victory.

Après une décennie de luttes contre la menace de la destruction des forêts, la communauté autochtone de Long Isun a remporté une petite victoire.

Tras una década de luchas contra la amenaza de la destrucción de sus bosques, la comunidad indígena de Long Isun ha conseguido una pequeña victoria.

Setelah satu dekade berjuang melawan ancaman kehancuran hutan, masyarakat adat Long Isun telah memenangkan sebuah kemenangan kecil.

A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme assesses six different certification schemes being used by companies to facilitate their access to international markets for edible oils and biofuels.

In the late 19th Century, a large group of Dayak Bahau settled on the Meraseh river, a tributary of the Upper Mahakam in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. For a century, they remained largely undisturbed at Long Isun until the 1980s when the government resettled them to the banks of the Mahakam river.

À la fin du 19e siècle, un grand groupe de Dayak Bahau s’est établi au bord de la rivière Meraseh, un affluent du Haut-Mahakam dans le Kalimantan occidental, en Indonésie. Pendant un siècle, il vécut paisiblement à Long Isun, jusque dans les années 1980, lorsque le gouvernement le réinstalla sur les rives de la rivière Mahakam.

A finales del siglo XIX un numeroso grupo de Dayak Bahau se asentó junto al río Meraseh, un afluente del Alto Mahakam en Kalimantan Oriental, Indonesia. Durante un siglo vivieron en Long Isun sin apenas ser perturbados, hasta que en los años 80 del siglo XX el Gobierno los reasentó en las riberas del río de Mahakam.

Pada akhir abad 19, sebuah kelompok besar Dayak Bahau menetap di sungai Meraseh, anak sungai Mahakam Atas di Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia. Selama satu abad, mereka tinggal dengan damai di Long Isun sampai tahun 1980-an ketika pemerintah memindahkan mereka ke tepi sungai Mahakam.