Thursday, September 6, 2012

Controversial palm oil license issued in Indonesian orangutan forest revoked

Mongabay: An Indonesian court has instructed the governor of Aceh province to revoke a controversial license owned by a palm oil company accused of destroying orangutan habitat and carbon-rich peatlands on the island of Sumatra, reports The Jakarta Post. The permit allowing PT Kallista Alam to establish a 1,605-hectare plantation in the Tripa peat swamp is controversial because it violated a country-wide moratorium on new concessions in peatlands and primary forests issued in 2011 by Indonesian president...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0906-tripa-revoked.html

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