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Witnesses unveil irregularities in logging license

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, Alam Lestari, APP, APRIL, Balai Kayang Mandiri, Bina Daya Bintara, Burhanuddin Husin, corruption, deforestation, forest graft, license, logging, Mutiara Lestari, NTFP, Persada Karya Sejati, pulp and paper industry, pulpwood plantation, RAPP, Riau Corruption Trial, Rimba Mandau Lestari, Selaras Abadi Utama, Siak Raya, timber supplier, Tuah Negeri

Recent trials of forestry corruption with defendant Burhanuddin Husin, former Riau Forestry Service Head at Pekanbaru’s Corruption Crime Court presented witnesses telling irregularities found in ground checking.

/ EoF News

Ex-district head sentenced for forestry corruption case

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, APRIL, Arwin AS, Azmun Jaafar, Balai Kayang Mandiri, Bhakti Praja Mulia, Bina Daya Bintara, corruption, EoF, forestry corruptors, ICW, KPK, logging license, Mitra Taninusa Sejati, NTFP, Putri Lindung Bulan, Rimba Mandau Lestari, Rimba Mutiara Permai, Selaras Abadi Utama, Seraya Sumber Lestari, Syuhada, timber supplier, Tuah Negeri

Former Siak District Head Arwin AS was sentenced to four-year imprisonment by Corruption Court in Pekanbaru on Thursday as he was found guilty to make money collaborately by issuing logging licenses to pulp timber suppliers during his service as District Head in 2001-2002.

/ EoF Press Release

Stop conversion in Kampar Peninsula as it incites climate change

Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Palm oil, acacia plantation, canal, carbon, climate change, conversion, gas emissions, Jikalahari, Kampar Peninsula, NGOs, NTFP, palm oil plantations, peat swamp, peatland, WWF Indonesia

Riau NGOs Network for Forest Rescue (Jikalahari), University of Riau and representatives of 3 sub-districts in Kampar Peninsula today call for a halt to conversion of peatland-rich forests in the region to avoid escalating carbon (CO2) release.

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