Portrait 1: Transshipment Process of Wood Pellets in Gorontalo Sea. Indonesia, with two-thirds of its territory being ocean, faces significant challenges in maritime surveillance, including the increasingly rampant illegal transshipment occurring offshore. Recently, the foreign vessel MV Lakas was captured by Bakamla RI for carrying wood pellets that were suspected to be illegal in the waters of Gorontalo, which has…
Piles of Wood Pellets Ready for Export Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) is highlighting the practice of illegal wood pellet exports that are harming natural forests in Gorontalo. This issue gained public attention following the capture of the foreign vessel MV Lakas, which was carrying allegedly illegal wood pellets, by Bakamla RI. This case is closely linked to the exploitation of…
Land clearing activities in the natural forest concession of PT. BTL are being used for wood pellet production. The practice of wood pellet illegal exports from Gorontalo has become a critical issue highlighted by Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI). This practice contributes to massive deforestation. Done by exploiting forests, which also linked to international market supply chains, particularly in South Korea…
A letter signed by more than 500 scientists and economists in 2021 warned that the European Commission’s mandate to increase renewable energy by 20% would “create a model that encourages tropical countries to cut more of their forests.” Three years later, their prediction is unfolding across Southeast Asia. In particular, their dire warning is illustrated by threats to Indonesia’s forests…
Mangrove forest and coral reefs in split shot, Gam Island Raja Ampat Indnonesia. Image credit: Anemone via Adobe Stock Indonesia is home to some of the Earth’s most biodiverse and carbon-rich forests, and 50 to 70 million Indigenous people who rely on these intact ecosystems for their survival. Yet burning wood in biomass power or “co-fired” in coal power plants…
Eudr coalition media briefing in Jakarta, 7 October 2024 The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition, consisting of 45 organizations including NGOs, independent smallholders and plantation worker unions, Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, local communities, as well as representatives of women and youth, issues a joint statement on the importance of improving Indonesia’s commodity governance in facing increasingly stringent global market demands, particularly regarding…
Jakarta, September 12, 2024 – The Coalition of Civil Society for Just Energy Transition has submitted eight quick-win recommendations for the first 100 days of the Prabowo-Gibran administration. These recommendations aim to support the goal of achieving higher quality and inclusive economic growth through the accelerateon of energy transition for a green economy, enhancing community welfare and environmental sustainability, in…
PORTRAIT OF INDONESIAN SHIP TRANSSHIPMENT TO FOREIGN VESSELS IN THE WATERS OF GORONTALO. THE SHIP IS LOADED WITH WOOD PELLETS FOR EXPORTS TO SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN. Wood pellet exports from Indonesia continue to be conducted in unlawful ways. The Coalition of Civil Society, #SaveGorontalo, highlights the illegal, unreported, and unregulated practices surrounding these exports in Gorontalo. Weak oversight and…
Civil society organizations within the Coalition of Just Energy Transition have urged the government to not lower the renewable energy mix targets outlined in the draft revision of Government Regulation No. 79 of 2014 on National Energy Policy (KEN). Instead, the RPP KEN should establish policies to seek solutions for increasing ambitious just energy transition targets. Specifically, it should include…
Portrait 1. Land clearing activity in PT. BTL concession. Wood from natural forests is used to make wood pellets. A day before Indonesia’s 79th Independence Day celebration, on Friday, August 16, 2024, the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) State Vessel Gajah Laut-404, commanded by Lt. Col. Bakamla Agus Tri Haryanto, successfully apprehended the MV Lakas ship, which was suspected of…
Halmahera Island has many natural wonders – volcanoes, small islands, and a rainforest ecosystem with endemic biodiversity. One of these wonders is the Sagea Karst Ecosystem which stretches over 5,174 hectares to the east of Weda Bay, Central Halmahera Regency, Eastern Indonesia. This ecosystem has unique features that have not yet been revealed. Karst Distribution of the Sagea Karst Landform…
The government of Indonesia still remain ambitious to achieve the renewable energy mix target up to 23 percent in 2025 and 31 percent by 2050. However, this ambition of national energy mix target is planned to be lowered in accordance to the Draft of Government Regulation on National Energy Policy (RPP KEN) which has currently entering the harmonization stage by…
