Blogposts tagged 'Kampar'

Fire at our Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia

Posted by jamie - 12 April 2010 at 3:36pm - 0 Comments

A guest post from Laura at our international office in Amsterdam which was first posted on the Climate Rescue blog

Early on Sunday a fire destroyed part of the Climate Defenders Camp in Indonesia on Riau’s Kampar Peninsula. The flames were spotted by villagers across the Kampar river in Teluk Meranti in the early hours of the morning. Luckily the camp's caretaker was not there at the time and no one was injured.

Article tagged as: climate defenders camp, forests, indonesia, kampar, riau, sumatra

Activists and journalists are getting deported, detained and intimidated in Indonesia

Posted by christian - 17 November 2009 at 1:23pm - 0 Comments

The 11 foreign activists deported over the last day or so

When both you and the journalists who are accompanying you start getting deported it's usually a sign that you're doing something right. But that doesn't make the current situation in Indonesia any better.

It certainly seems to be the case that our Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar peninsula of Sumatra has ruffled a few feathers with the Indonesian authorities.

Article tagged as: forests, indonesia, kampar

Local communities come to the aid of the climate defenders camp

Posted by christian - 16 November 2009 at 2:22pm - 0 Comments

Pretty amazing stuff going on in Indonesia over the weekend.

It started when the police issued an eviction order for the camp, after last week's action which closed down an APRIL logging concession. The action was strongly supported by local communities - the eviction notice was only secured after pressure from the logging companies.

But then, in a surprising move, the chief of police of Pelalawan district revoked the eviction order, after 300 locals from nearby Teluk Meranti village turned up at the camp the next morning to show their support.

Article tagged as: APRIL, forests, kampar

Greenpeace activists shut down logging in Kampar

Posted by christian - 12 November 2009 at 4:24pm - 0 Comments


Greenpeace activists head for a logging concession on the Kampar peninsula early this morning.

There are two huge players in the destruction of rainforest in Indonesia: APP and APRIL, corporate giants who have cut a swathe through the rainforest of the region. And as part of our climate defenders camp on the Kampar peninsula, we're shutting them down.

Article tagged as: forests, kampar

Damming starts on the Kampar peninsula

Posted by christian - 29 October 2009 at 4:17pm - 0 Comments

There's lots happening at our Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar peninsula at the heart of the Indonesian rainforest.

Today, activists at the camp have been starting the process of damming drainage canals.

After loggers have taken out the most valuable trees from the rainforest, they build canals to drain the peatland that it grows on. The canals serve a dual purpose - they allow easy transportation of wood out of the area, and they also dry the ground out enough to be cleared to allow monoculture tree plantations to be established.

Article tagged as: forests, indonesia, kampar, peatlands, REDD

Welcome to Kampar – Greenpeace intervenes to stop forest destruction as Copenhagen approaches

Posted by christian - 27 October 2009 at 3:16pm - 2 Comments

The Kampar peninsula on the island of Sumatra sits deep in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest. Part of the ring of tropical forest that circles the middle of the planet, it’s rich with diversity – a unique and complex ecosystem, sustaining fishing communities, hunters and farmers, full of unique plants and animals, and home to endangered species like the Sumatran tiger and the Wallace’s hawk, not found anywhere else in the world.

Article tagged as: forests, kampar, logging, palm oil

Alongside the forest, up against the wall

Posted by jamie - 7 November 2008 at 3:47pm - 0 Comments

holding out the banner in the Kampar peninsula © Greenpeace/Novis

Backs against the wall: holding out the banner in the Kampar peninsula © Greenpeace/Novis

I’ve scrubbed and showered but there are still traces of mud sticking to me. It’s my own fault - I guess I shouldn’t have gone tramping around the peatlands here in Riau. But the picture above, that’s us: some of the Esperanza’s crew and several Indonesian volunteers pulling our banner tight against the forest wall, the straight line that separates the thriving ecosystem from the barren areas which have been cleared of trees. In case you’re wondering, I’m at the top of the P in ‘STOP’.

Article tagged as: acacia, APP, climate change, forests, forests for climate, indonesia, kampar, peatlands, plantations
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