Pulp and paper firms urged to save 1.2M ha of forest slated for clearing in Indonesia

Mongabay: Forest to pulp mill in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Eyes on the Forest presented its case for a stronger moratorium in a report sent to Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of Indonesia's REDD task force, an authority especially directly by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This image is from the Eyes on the Forest filing with Kuntoro. Indonesian environmental groups launched a urgent plea urging the country's two largest pulp and paper companies not to clear 800,000 hectares of forest and peatland......

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