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Media coverage Close Media coverage Each year, CIFOR’s research and scientists are mentioned in over 1,500 news stories by local and international media outlets worldwide. Find the latest here, with over a decade of archives. Published on 30 Apr 2021 in the Thomson Reuters Foundation Share this Bimo Dwisatrio, a senior research officer at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), said the 2015 crisis was a political game-changer for forest governance under Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi. The fires occurred just months after he was elected in 2014....

May 3, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR – As forest fires raged in Indonesia six years ago, a thick, toxic smoke haze drifted across Southeast Asia that would threaten endangered orangutans, destroy huge swathes of forest and lead to more than 100,000 premature deaths. In the aftermath, environmentalists and governments, both regional and local, demanded action from Jakarta, forcing a policy reset that in 2020 helped the country achieve a fourth straight year of declines in deforestation. Bimo Dwisatrio, a senior research officer at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), said the...

ANALYSIS-Kindled by 2015 fires, Indonesia thinks big on forest protection Reuters 2 hrs ago * Southeast Asia haze crisis of 2015 raised pressure to curb fires * Government and business reduced forest clearing for commodities * Protection boost for carbon-rich peatland and mangroves By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As forest fires raged in Indonesia six years ago, a thick, toxic smoke haze drifted across Southeast Asia that would lead to more than 100,000 premature deaths, destroy huge swathes of forest and threaten endangered orangutans. In the afterma...

* Government and business reduced forest clearing for commodities * Protection boost for carbon-rich peatland and mangroves By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As forest fires raged in Indonesia six years ago, a thick, toxic smoke haze drifted across Southeast Asia that would lead to more than 100,000 premature deaths, destroy huge swathes of forest and threaten endangered orangutans. In the aftermath, environmentalists and governments, both regional and local, demanded action from Jakarta, forcing a policy reset that last year helped the country achieve a ...