Sumatra's Leuser ecosystem is the only place where orangutans, rhinos, tigers and elephants coexist. But palm oil companies continue to clear it, claims NGOA palm oil company is continuing to clear forest in a fast-diminishing elephant habitat in Indonesia's Leuser ecosystem despite being the subject of two reports into illegal deforestation, according to a prominent environmental organisation.The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) published a study in July accusing plantation owner PT Agra Bumi Niaga (ABN) of growing oil palms on illegally deforested land in the Leuser ecosystem, in Aceh province, northern Sumatra. Continue reading...
'The last place on Earth': how Sumatra's rainforest is being cleared for palm oil
28. září 2017 10:57
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Zdroj: The Guardian