The forest task force is probing whether illegal logging worsened the floods and landslides in Sumatra that killed more than ...

Environmentalists say that the flash floods and landslides in Sumatra have been worsened by years of logging linked to mining ...

Illegal logging on the edge of Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. This timber is being used to construct structures to attract swiftlets for the production of bird ...

Environmental crime is now one of the world’s most profitable illegal industries, driven by illegal logging, wildlife ...

Environmental groups are attributing the amplified damage from the floods to widespread deforestation linked to mining and ...

SINGAPORE, May 5 (Reuters) - Illegal logging in Indonesia, a leading timber exporter, is threatening jobs in the U.S. forest products industry and undermining efforts to use forests to fight climate ...

Lack of clarity makes it difficult to assess whether Indonesia’s moratorium on new logging concessions in primary forest areas and peatlands will actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ...

Indonesia has announced a two-year moratorium on rainforest logging in return for up to $1bn in aid from Norway, which will help preserve forests. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, made ...

LAM KABEUE, Indonesia — The rebels of Aceh are trading their guns for chain saws, cashing in on a logging binge that is jeopardizing the future of the world’s third-largest tropical forest reserves.

Soeripto’s troubles began after he compiled a report accusing Indonesia’s largest timber conglomerate of “under-reporting” the kind of deliberate forest fires that threaten to smother Southeast Asia ...

* Indonesian illegal logging hurting U.S. industry -report * Trade tools can help clean up the sector * Illegal logging threat to efforts to fight climate change By David Fogarty, Climate Change ...