Greenpeace said Tuesday its investigations at the Sungai Putri forest showed a logging operation underway with at least six illegal settlements that operate at night and some in areas with orangutan nests. The latest investigation is the second revelation in less than a year that commercial exploitation of the forest continues. "This is a major embarrassment for the Indonesian government, which has consistently promised to protect Sungai Putri," Greenpeace said in a statement. Exploitation of the Sungai Putri forest and Chinese investment in a related wood-processing plant is supported by provincial and district officials in West Kalimantan province on Borneo. An Indonesian company, Moharison Pawan Khatulistiwa, has a forestry ministry permit for logging in the forest, and a forestry ministry-approved work plan, which are now overridden by the moratorium on peatland development.

Source: ABC News June 05, 2018 06:39 UTC