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Indonesia: Logging giant suspends operations fend off plantations from fire

2014-03-16 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Indonesian Pulp & paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) says it has suspended operations at a concession in Riau Province in order to shift staff toward fighting back fires that threaten its plantations. In a statement issued Friday, APRIL said its plantations on Pulau Padang, a peat island off the coast of Sumatra, are at risk due to fires illegally set outside its concessions. "The fires are starting outside our forest concessions but with the heavy, circular winds,...

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