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Forest Destruction for Plantations
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Forest Clearing Caused the Floods and Landslides in Morowali
Palu, Central Sulawesi – Flashfloods accompanied by landslides affected settlements in four districts in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi. From WALHI Central Sulawesi’s observations, this disaster was largely caused by the clearing of forests by investors and local Government as well as by the central Government, in this case, the Republic of Indonesia Department of Forestry.
more» | 25 Aug 2007
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Forest Destruction for Plantations
Commercial plantations are a major cause of forest destruction in Indonesia. While industrial timber and cash crop plantations have been promoted as a mechanism for conserving natural forests, in practice, millions of hectares of native rainforest have been cleared to make way for plantations. One of the main crops that natural forests are cleared for is oil palm. Oil palm acreage in Indonesia has increased by nearly 120% in the past eight years.
more» | 15 Dec 2004
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Plantation Industries, Pay Off Your Carbon & Social Ecological Debt!
Nusa Dua, Bali- The 13th Conference of Parties of UNFCCC is likely will gave corporations another credit in turning their unsustainable practice into profit by letting notorius forestry companies in Indonesia claim carbon credit from their industrial tree plantations. The trend needs to be exposed and those whose promoting mechanism needs to stopped the outrageous initiatives.
more» | 12 Dec 2007
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