Indonesia: Aceh Peat Clearing Was ‘Illegal’

Jakarta Globe: A formal government investigation into the clearing of a vast tract of protected peat forest in Aceh has concluded that only one of the two companies involved was at fault, while exonerating a second company of any wrongdoing. Sudariyono, the deputy for legal compliance at the Environment Ministry, said on Monday that palm oil plantation company Surya Panen Subur 2 "was suspected of burning some 1,183 hectares" of land inside the Tripa peat swamp from March 19 to 24 this year. "Our suspicion...

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