JAKARTA — While most tropical countries experienced record-high deforestation rates in 2024, Indonesia’s forest loss is slowing, bucking a global trend. But beneath the headline figures lies a ...

Raipur: Forest authorities arrested 53 persons for attempting to encroach upon protected land within the Udanti Sitanadi ...

The new clearing site in Long Urun exposes a dispute between residents and the plantation company in interpreting forest types and how companies can use land. Urun Plantations was founded in 1995 as a ...

An Indonesian court has rejected lawsuits filed by two plantation companies operating in the Tanah Merah mega oil palm plantation project in the country’s Papua region. The ruling means the companies ...

When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After ...

Whether you’re hoping to clear land on an undeveloped site to build a home, you’ve lived on partially-developed land and want to finish clearing the final bit or sections of your yard have grown over ...

The Supreme Court ruled that forest land cannot be leased for agriculture without Centre's approval, setting aside a High Court order that allowed continuation of an illegal lease.

SC ruled that forest land cannot be leased for agriculture without central approval under the Forest Conservation Act.

Plantation exercise in Banaskantha ends in violent face-off between forest officials and tribal villagers allegedly armed ...

The Supreme Court has reiterated that forest land cannot be diverted or utilised for non-forestry purposes, including agricultural cultivation, without prior approval of the Central Government as ...