- Professor, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Wageningen University
Agar EUDR berhasil, penundaan ini harus menjadi pendorong bagi reformasi politik dan praktis — sehingga membuka jalan bagi kemajuan yang nyata bagi hutan, petani, serta perdagangan yang benar-benar transparan dan adil.
For the EUDR to succeed, this delay must serve as a catalyst for both political and practical reforms — unlocking meaningful progress for forests, farmers, and truly transparent, fair trade.
Sistem penerbitan akademik seringkali membiarkan kesalahan ilmiah tetap ada karena lebih mengutamakan keuntungan dan prestise daripada koreksi yang cepat.
Academic publishing system often allows scientific errors to persist because it prioritises profit and prestige over timely correction.
Banyak pihak mengkhawatirkan proyek Trans Papua dibangun demi kepentingan komersial, bukan masyarakat setempat. Diprediksi akan mempercepat deforestasi, seperti yang terjadi di Sumatra dan Kalimantan.
Many are concerned that the highway is being built to benefit powerful commercial interests and not Indigenous people and will accelerate forest loss as seen in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Orang utan di Asia Tenggara dan Cina mengalami penurunan drastis sekitar 20.000 tahun yang lalu, mengakibatkan penyebaran mereka yang terbatas.
Time to rethink orangutan conservation, now we know that our red relatives are actually very adaptable.
Is there a role for logging in ensuring the future of the world’s tropical forests and their rich diversity of plants and animals? For many this idea is absurd, because timber production achieving conservation…
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