Demand for the patchouli plant's oils has skyrocketed in recent years, and so too has the number of farmers in the region who ...

Research by Forest Watch Indonesia, a Jakarta-based environmental ... which is believed to be Gebe’s oldest village, said his people recognized Mount Kaf as a place of reverence.

The Akit people are an ... from PT National Timber and Forest Product (NTFP) due to the legal permit given by the government for forest rights. According to Walhi, Indonesia’s biggest ...

SIMBORO, Indonesia (AP) — Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father ... that the trend threatens the land and the people around it. As the rainforest gets cleared, slopes ...

Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops ...

It is a small village of 70 people. The Baka number around 40,000 in total. They are one of many forest-dependent communities in the region, but are the only hunter-gatherers. Initially a lot of ...

This approach can help to secure Liberia’s forests as a renewable, sustainable, income-generating asset, the integrity of which is closely linked to the well-being of the people who depend on it. Read ...