Forests are home to many peoples, including a substantial population of indigenous peoples. A 1992 European Union-funded study on the situation of indigenous peoples in the tropical rainforests estimated about 12 million of them or 3.5% of the total population of covered areas lived in the rainforest areas of the world. This was apart from those who lived in other types of forest areas.

Samarinda, Kompas – Akibat pembalakan liar atau penebangan liar (illegal logging), Provinsi Kaltim diperkirakan rugi Rp 856 miliar per tahun dari potensi pajak yang hilang. Namun, yang lebih penting, Kaltim mengalami kerugian yang tidak ternilai berupa hilangnya keanekaragaman hayati dan pengaturan tata air serta iklim mikro. Demikian hasil penelitian Ferdinandus Agung Prasetyo dan Krystof Obidzinski dari Center for International Forestry Research (Cifor). Ferdinandus menuturkan kepada Kompas, Senin (26/1), angka itu didapat dari penghitungan potensi pajak yang seharusnya diterima oleh Pemprov Kaltim tiap tahun dari kayu yang ditebang.

The Indonesian government mounted a fight on forest crimes by making it extremely difficult for businesses and individuals to launder money amassed from illegal logging through the financial system, notably banks. This move was launched last week under cooperation between the Financial Transaction and Report Analysis Center (PPATK) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), an international research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving forests.

The government’s anti-money laundering authorities are moving to consolidate coordination with both domestic and international actors but agreements on paper have yet to translate into convictions. Money laundering is apparently at the top of the government’s agenda, as evidenced in the fact that the first Presidential Decree issued this year covers the establishment of a new national committee tasked with coordinating strategy and overseeing a crackdown on money laundering.

JAKARTA- Pusat Pelaporan dan Analisis Transaksi Keuangan (PPATK) bekerja sama dengan The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) mengambil langkah strategis dengan menandatangani nota kesepahahaman untuk mencegah dan memberantas tindak pidana pencucian uang dibidang kehutanan.

detikcom – Jakarta, Guna mencegah dan memberantas tindak pindana pencucian uang di bidang kehutanan yang nilainya diperkirakan sekitar US$ 1 miliar, PPATK menandatangani MoU dengan The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Diharapkan dengan MoU ini bisa terjadi tukar informasi dalam hal mengidentifikasi kasus-kasus yang terkait tindak pencucian uang di bidang kehutanan yang pertahunnya diperkirakan merugikan negara sekitar US$ 1 miliar.

A partnership was formed on Friday between the country’s antimoney-laundering watchdog and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) to intensify the drive against the laundering of profits derived from illegal logging. The partnership arrangement, which is based on a Memorandum of Understanding, will be translated into a number of activities, including data-sharing, training, exchanges of experts and the formulation of guidelines to help financial institutions identify money-laundering activities and eventually prevent them.

Guna mencegah dan memberantas tindak pindana pencucian uang di bidang kehutanan yang nilainya diperkirakan sekitar US$ 1 miliar, PPATK menandatangani MoU dengan The Center for Internastional Forestry Research (CIFOR).