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Canadian mining company seeks to exploit Aceh's protected forests

Banda Aceh - A Canadian mining company has announced that it expects the governor of Sumatra’s Aceh province to allow it to destroy 1.2 million hectares of valuable and currently protected rainforest.

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Two illegally-held pet orangutans seized from Tripa peat swamp

Banda Aceh - The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) says it has rescued two young orangutans held as illegal pets in the Tripa peat swamp area of Aceh, Indonesia.

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Law enforcement in Tripa case 'hijacked' by corporations' power

Jakarta - Less than one week after a historic victory saw the Governor of Aceh finally revoke the license of an illegally operating palm oil company, a coalition of NGO’s claim that five more companies continue to destroy swamp areas inside Tripa, Indonesia.

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Indonesian court orders Aceh Governor to revoke palm oil permit

Medan - After months of pushing Aceh governor Zaini Abdullah to investigate the illegal issuance of a palm oil permit to company PT Kallista Alam, an Indonesian court finally grants an appeal by conservation groups to cancel the permit.

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Orangutan rescued from Tripa Peat Swamp area of Aceh Province

Banda Aceh - An emergency rescue team has successfully evacuated a large adult male orangutan trapped in a small pocket of forest in the Tripa peat swamps. The orangutan was in danger of starvation because of encroaching palm oil plantations.

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