Asia Pulp & Paper’s $3 billion mill locks in high carbon emissions and fire threat for decades. NGOs call on company to stop using drained peatlands for pulpwood plantations and to restore degraded areas.
A new report by Deltares commissioned by Wetlands International conclude that plantations in Kampar Peninsula, Riau province, are not sustainable and economically unviable due to subsidence, drainage and flood problems.
Hardiono, M., Jonotoro & Zulfahmi (2003) Identification of “Wasteland” in Riau, Sumatra. Wasteland is defined here as presently not or...