INDO LOG

Bima regent’s office torched by angry mob
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 01/27/2012 8:40 AM

Thousands of protesters staging a rally in front of the Bima regent’s office over the handling of a recent deadly clash at Sape port on Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), ran amok and set fire the building on Thursday.

Exterminators arrested for orangutan killings
The Jakarta Post | Mon, 11/21/2011 9:49 PM

The police have arrested two palm oil plantation workers for allegedly killing dozens of monkeys and orangutans in Puan Cepak village in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan.

The suspects, both exterminators, claimed that they were paid to kill the animals under orders from a supervisor.

“They received Rp 200,000 [US$22] to kill a monkey and Rp 1 million for an orangutan,” National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution said on Monday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Letter: Prosecute the killers of orangutans
| Wed, 12/14/2011 9:55 AM Jakarta Post

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is extremely distressed and appalled to learn that Malaysian palm oil companies are responsible for genocide against Indonesia’s endangered orangutans.

Police detain 40 over ‘plantation camp mob’
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan | Fri, 01/20/2012 9:42 AM

The South Tapanuli Police in North Sumatra detained 40 people on Thursday for an alleged crime linked to a land dispute.

The detainees were alleged to have carried out an arson attack that damaged offices, houses and cars owned by plantation company PT Tanjung Siram in Sigompulan district, North Padang Lawas regency.

Dayak 2.0: Ferry, a member of the Dayak tribe from Kotim, Sibabe, Central Kalimantan, fidgets with his cell phone while attending a press conference in Jakarta on Friday. Representatives of local tribes came to Jakarta to ask for the government's help in resolving disputes between their tribes and oil palm companies in Central Kalimantan. (JP/ Jerry Adiguna)

Maria Agatha van Noordwijk: Delving deeper into orangutan conservation
Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 01/04/2012 9:54 AM

Maria Agatha van Noordwijk raised her eyebrow as she crossed out several Indonesian names on the list of orangutans she and her fellow experts and students studied in conservation projects in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
JP/Ridwan Max SijabatJP/Ridwan Max Sijabat

Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil
Fakhrurradzie Gade, Associated Press, Aceh | Fri, 12/09/2011 4:32 PM

The man known as Indonesia's "green governor" chases the roar of illegal chainsaws through plush jungles in his own Jeep. He goes door-to-door to tell families it's in their interest to keep trees standing.

That's why 5,000 villagers living the edge of a rich, biodiverse peat swamp in his tsunami-ravaged Aceh province feel so betrayed.

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation