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Sat, 12/12/2009 - 20:16
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GREENPEACE EXPOSES ALLEGED ILLEGAL FOREST CLEARING IN KALIMANTAN
Jakarta, Dec. 12 (ANTARA) - Greenpeace has claimed that it has found new evidence exposing illegal forest clearing by Sinar Mas group in Kalimantan.
The international NGO called on Indonesian President to order the suspension of the company's operations, according to Greenpeace's press statement published on its official website on Saturday.
Greenpeace's new report showed how Sinar Mas groups' palm oil operations in Kalimantan were in violation of national laws and in breach of principles of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as it is cutting timber, clearing forests and draining peat land without proper environmental impact assessments or obtaining correct permits.
Earlier this year, Gandi Sulistiyanto, one of Sinar Mas managing directors, told Reuters that, "We should have been arrested if we had ever been involved in deforestation", according to Greenpeace.
"In the light of this new evidence exposing Sinar Mas' illegal deforestation activities, Greenpeace is demanding that President Yudhoyono suspend all Sinar Mas permits. We are also calling on all multinational companies to suspend their business and contracts with this forest and climate criminal," said Joko Arif, Greenpeace Southeast Asia's forest campaigner.
Indonesia has one of the fastest rates of forest loss in the world. The destruction of the country's peat lands alone accounts for 4% of global human induced greenhouse gas emissions, propelling Indonesia to become the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, after the US and China, Greenpeace said.
"This evidence clearly shows that buying palm oil from members of the RSPO does not protect consumer companies from buying a product connected to forest destruction and climate change. The only solution is to demand a full moratorium on all forest and peat land clearance from all suppliers of palm oil," said Arif.
Greenpeace is calling on President Yudhoyono to implement an immediate moratorium on any further destruction of Indonesia's rain forests and peat lands.
The President has the ideal platform to make this commitment when he attends the critical UN Copenhagen Climate Summit where forest protection to decrease global emissions will be discussed.
Greenpeace is promoting the creation of a global fund to end deforestation in countries like Indonesia and Brazil, which requires industrialized countries to invest US$45 billion annually in forest protection.
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The international NGO called on Indonesian President to order the suspension of the company's operations, according to Greenpeace's press statement published on its official website on Saturday.
Greenpeace's new report showed how Sinar Mas groups' palm oil operations in Kalimantan were in violation of national laws and in breach of principles of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as it is cutting timber, clearing forests and draining peat land without proper environmental impact assessments or obtaining correct permits.
Earlier this year, Gandi Sulistiyanto, one of Sinar Mas managing directors, told Reuters that, "We should have been arrested if we had ever been involved in deforestation", according to Greenpeace.
"In the light of this new evidence exposing Sinar Mas' illegal deforestation activities, Greenpeace is demanding that President Yudhoyono suspend all Sinar Mas permits. We are also calling on all multinational companies to suspend their business and contracts with this forest and climate criminal," said Joko Arif, Greenpeace Southeast Asia's forest campaigner.
Indonesia has one of the fastest rates of forest loss in the world. The destruction of the country's peat lands alone accounts for 4% of global human induced greenhouse gas emissions, propelling Indonesia to become the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, after the US and China, Greenpeace said.
"This evidence clearly shows that buying palm oil from members of the RSPO does not protect consumer companies from buying a product connected to forest destruction and climate change. The only solution is to demand a full moratorium on all forest and peat land clearance from all suppliers of palm oil," said Arif.
Greenpeace is calling on President Yudhoyono to implement an immediate moratorium on any further destruction of Indonesia's rain forests and peat lands.
The President has the ideal platform to make this commitment when he attends the critical UN Copenhagen Climate Summit where forest protection to decrease global emissions will be discussed.
Greenpeace is promoting the creation of a global fund to end deforestation in countries like Indonesia and Brazil, which requires industrialized countries to invest US$45 billion annually in forest protection.
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