* Indonesian illegal logging hurting U.S. industry -report * Trade tools can help clean up the sector * Illegal logging threat to efforts to fight climate change By David Fogarty, Climate Change ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia is testing whether one of the world’s most powerful timber certifiers can deliver justice — or merely a reset — to forest communities harmed by industrial logging. At stake is the ...

With commercial logging outlawed in Aceh since 2001, most have turned to other parts of Indonesia for lumber, a strategy criticized by the WWF since up to 70 percent of Indonesia timber is protected.

Police in Indonesia’s Riau Islands have reported a 280% increase in seizures of mangrove wood from would-be smugglers this year. Police said much of the wood was cut from the main island of Batam, and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has signed a pact to help stop illegal logging in Indonesia, home to most of the world's orangutans and many other endangered species, the U.S. Trade ...