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by Alicia Graef January 15, 2014 5:30 pm
An Indonesian court issued a big blow to a palm oil company for illegally destroying forest land in Sumatras protected Leuser Ecosystem, which provides critical habitat for orangutans and other endangered species.
In whats being called a groundbreaking verdict, the court found palm oil company PT Kallista Alam guilty of illegally burning large areas of the Tripa peat forest in the province of Aceh and ordered it to pay roughly $30 million in fines. An estimated $20 million was allocated for restoration efforts. The court also confiscated land and will be charging a fine for every day the palm oil company delays repayment, reports the Environmental News Service.
In 2011 the government placed a two year moratorium on logging in certain areas, but PT Kallista Alam still got a palm oil concession permit that year that it shouldnt have, which was later revoked. The attention that the company brought to the area and the continued destruction by several other companies garnered protests from around the world and calls for greater protection for the peat swamp forests of Aceh, which include Tripa, Kluet and Singkil.
The case against against PT Kallista Alam was brought by the Ministry of Environment, and environmentalists are applauding its effort and the ruling. They believe it will send a strong message to other companies and hope it will mean improvements in law enforcement efforts to stop deforestation and protect biodiversity in an area thats vitally important for the future survival of critically endangered orangutans, along with other species including Sumatran tigers and elephants, Malayan sun bears and rhinos.
FULL story at link.
cinnabonbon
(860 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)I found it funny but uncomfortably sad
at the same time
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)Palm Oil is perhaps the very worst oil in terms of clotting of the arteries around the heart. Yep, when those arteries get completely clogged, we call that a heart attack. look at the ingredients in most of our crackers and many fatty treats. They use it cause it is cheap.
That is allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...cheap....................................................soy oil is somewhat better.....
guess who grows soy beans???????????????USA..Midwest...............
merrily
(45,251 posts)Luckily for me, though, I had given up because of the environmental issues.
And if you don't think saying bye to Nutella caused me pain, you don't know me.
But isn't most soy today GMO?
roody
(10,849 posts)Orrex
(63,084 posts)Over this past weekend I heard a program from AlternativeRadio.org stating that Iowa alone grows more soy beans than all of China. Also more corn than all of Canada.
Iowa, all by itself.
That blew my mind.
happyslug
(14,779 posts)It is like Texas claiming it grows more Cotton then Iowa. True, but irrelevant for Iowa is to far north for Cotton.
Some Corn is grown in Canada, mostly in Ontario. but Wheat is the big crop in Canada not Corn.
knightmaar
(748 posts)When I read the title, I thought this would have involved having faeces thrown at them.
malaise
(267,808 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)Asian countries seem a little less smitten with the almighty TPP framework than our own President and SoS are.
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/10/07/asia-gets-on-with-it-while-americas-out-of-play/#more-38164
Hotler
(11,353 posts)them great business men.
Omaha Steve
(99,069 posts)Kick.