Conflict Palm Oil Expansion Persists: Vigilance is Needed to Protect the Leuser Ecosystem from Deforestation In August 2025, major brands and palm oil traders launched the Aceh Sustainable Palm Oil…
Read Full StoryThe province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, is home to some of the last remaining intact lowland rainforests in Southeast Asia—including the globally significant Leuser Ecosystem,…
Read Full StoryGlobal brands invest in innovative initiatives involving regional governments and civil society Spanning over 6.5 million acres on the island of Sumatra, the Leuser Ecosystem is the last place on…
Read Full StoryA Rainforest Frontier Driving a New Era of Landscape Conservation This milestone report highlights ten years of RAN’s efforts to protect Indonesia’s globally important Leuser Ecosystem. Through desktop research, supply…
Read Full StoryIllegal ‘Orangutan Capital’ Deforestation Scandal Forces Responses from Global Companies RAN’s recent report, Orangutan Capital Under Siege, documenting illegal palm oil development within Indonesia’s nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve,…
Read Full StoryIn July 2024, RAN commissioned Pléiades Neo satellites to fly above Indonesia’s Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve to capture unprecedented 30cm resolution imagery to map the extent of illegal deforestation within…
Read Full StoryLarge-scale HCV-HCS mapping advances in Aceh; But More investment needed to map rainforests needing protection After decades of hard-fought international pressure campaigns by local organizations, international NGOs and consumers, an…
Read Full StoryForest clearance resumes inside PT. Surya Panen Subur’s palm oil concession Analysis of satellite imagery has once again found that deforestation for palm oil continues within the concession of PT….
Read Full StoryCommunities in Aceh use the High Carbon Stock Approach to map and assess their lands This is the story of the struggles and demands of the Jambo Reuhat community, one…
Read Full StoryProcter and Gamble remains at risk of sourcing illegal palm oil In response to a Rainforest Action Network (RAN) investigation exposing illegal palm oil development in the Leuser Ecosystem, called…
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