Watch our new video that showcases actions being taken by civil society organizations and communities in Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem to identify High Conservation Value areas and High Carbon Stock forests that deserve protection.
After years of hard-fought international pressure campaigns by local organizations, international NGOs and consumers, an auspicious new global standard has been established for identifying, assessing and protecting tropical forests from industrial commodity expansion. The High Carbon Stock and High Conservation Value approaches to prioritizing which lands are off limits for development holds potential to be a gamechanger in the fight against deforestation and Indigenous rights violations - while the devil remains in the details of implementation, monitoring and traceability to ensure the initiatives are being properly employed. Recent evidence provides reason for cautious optimism as well as the need for continued vigilance to ensure the integrity of the processes underway.
