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SBTi seeks Southeast Asia input on revised climate standard for forest, land and agriculture
The climate standards body says the consultation gives Southeast Asian firms — key players in global agricultural and land-use supply chains — a chance to help shape the second version of its Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) Standard to guide companies in setting science-based targets for land-based emissions and removals.
Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding investigation into alleged human rights abuses linked to a long-running land conflict between the Dayak Kualan Indigenous community and timber company PT Mayawana Persada.
A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals persistent trafficking of illegal timber from Cambodia and Laos into Vietnam.
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Cambodia’s Indigenous communities say they are barred from sacred sites
A decades-long community effort has protected Cambodia’s Chom Penh forest, but the Kuy say expanding agribusiness threatens their ancestral lands and cultural identity.
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