area of peatland swamp forest held by the PT Duta Palma palm oil company in the Riau province of Indonesia’s Sumatra province. They are building five dams across three-metre deep canals used in logging and draining peatland for conversion into a commercial palm oil plantation which would breach Indonesian regulations for forest protection and release…
INDONESIA: Greenpeace blocks destruction of peatland forests by palm oil producer
Posted on November 18, 2007 by EnergyAsia