Thursday, September 6, 2012

APP establishes deforestation moratorium in Jambi; greens remain skeptical

Mongabay: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has established a moratorium on natural forest conversion in Jambi province on the island of Sumatra, according to a report issued by the Indonesian forestry giant. The moratorium covers 55,584 hectares of forest land, including concessions owned outright by APP and two independent pulpwood suppliers. APP says it has now conducted a preliminary high conservation value forest (HCVF) assessment across 80 percent of its concessions in Jambi and Riau and 50 percent of its concessions...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0906-app-jambi-roadmap.html

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