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Paper firm says to stop cutting Indonesia’s natural forests
Posted by Reuters: Michael Taylor on February 5th, 2013
Reuters: One of the world's biggest pulp and paper companies said it would stop using timber from Indonesia's natural forests and only use trees from plantations in a drive that an environmental group said may be a milestone if the company keeps its promise.
Tropical Indonesia is seen as an important country in the fight against climate change and is under international pressure to stop rampant deforestation and destruction of carbon-rich peatlands.
Jakarta-based Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), long...
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Posted by Reuters: Michael Taylor on August 11th, 2011
Reuters: Indonesian police carrying out an environmental crackdown in the main tin producing region of Bangka island, should stop targeting small-scale miners as it is hindering domestic smelters' supplies, the Indonesian Tin Industry Association said.
Small-scale traditional tin miners in Indonesia, the world's top tin exporter, have slowed mining activity because they fear being raided by the police, who have been intensifying a crackdown on illegal miners for the past few months.
Small smelters in...