APRIL concessions workplan declared invalid

According to the web site Foresthints.news, the Environment and Forestry minister Siti Nurbaya decided to declare invalid the forest permits of PT. RAPP,  the biggest subsidiary and plantation company of APRIL. The reason is that the company failed to review its 10-year work plan, and its 2017 annual work plan to comply with the new peat regulations, despite a number of letters and warnings from the Indonesian authorities. Consequently, the company lost the legal basis for its forest operational activities.

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APRIL concessions workplan declared invalid

According to the web site Foresthints.news, the Environment and Forestry minister Siti Nurbaya decided to declare invalid the work plan for the forest permits of PT. RAPP,  the biggest subsidiary and plantation company of APRIL.

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Peat communities demand the revocation of APRIL plantation permits

The Government Regulation (PP) 57 of 2016 on the Protection and Management of Peat Ecosystems regulates peatland management, identifies peatland that need to be protected and other peat areas still suitable fo productive functions.  In Riau, the majority of the industrial pulpwood plantations (also called HTI) areas are located n peatlands of high hydrological value, that require the protection status. This is especially the case  for the plantation licenses located alongside the coast and in the small peat islands, where the peat often more than three meters deep.
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Peat communities demand the revocation of APRIL plantation permits

The Government Regulation (PP) 57 of 2016 on the Protection and Management of Peat Ecosystems regulates peatland management, identifies peatland that need to be protected and other peat areas still suitable fo productive functions.  In Riau, the majority of the industrial pulpwood plantations (also called HTI) areas are located n peatlands of high hydrological value, that require the protection status. This is especially the case  for the plantation licenses located alongside the coast and in the small peat islands, where the peat often more than three meters deep.

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