BRUSSELS — Indonesia’s timber industry is known for having the only legality system in the world that’s robust enough to be recognized by the European Union. And now, the country is in the ...

(Jakarta) – The new timber trade agreement between Indonesia and the European Union does not go far enough to curb illegal logging linked to rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

In 2011, Indonesia began the process of ensuring that its timber exports to the European Union met strict legality verification standards, which the EU duly recognized in 2016.

The European Union has admitted Indonesia to a special licensing system it hopes will prevent the illegally felled tropical timber that makes up a substantial part of the country's wood production ...

Mon, September 30, 2013 Published on Sep. 30, 2013 Published on 2013-09-30T17:13:37+07:00 ndonesian Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan, European Commissioner for the Environment Janez PotoÄ nik and ...

“Illegal timber is always mixed in with legal timber, such as in Papua,” he told Mongabay, referring to Indonesia’s easternmost province, which holds the largest swath of virgin rainforest in the ...

Indonesia now in forefront of legal timber governance - Fri, November 25, 2016 - The Jakarta Post. Who would have known that Indonesia, once infamously known for its rampant illegal logging, ...

Indonesia has signed a landmark trade agreement with the European Union that guarantees no illegal timber is exported from the country to the northern region from 2013 - a move that critics will be ...

In this “long-established technology,” the locally procured wood is buried under the paddy fields after the harvest season and the timber is then “mummified” in the compaction process ...

NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia, Mar 17 (UNHCR) - Reconstruction efforts on Nias Island received a boost this week when the first shipment of 2,000 cubic metres of timber arrived in the harbour of Gunung ...