Kalimantan forest monitoring consortium: APP supplier continues forest clearance after moratorium
Up to 1,400 ha peatland forest cleared in violation of APP’s forest conservation policy
Up to 1,400 ha peatland forest cleared in violation of APP’s forest conservation policy
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A civil society organizations’ consortium monitoring deforestation in West Kalimantan said last week that The Forest Trust (TFT), a consultant hired by Sinar Mas Group’s Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) should clarify verification on deforestation findings in its two suppliers’ concessions in “a more comprehensive way and to embrace all relevant parties suspected by the consultant in its rebuttal report.”