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Aceh's Government plans to open 1.2 million hectares of protected rainforest for the development of mines, plantations, roads, logging and palm oil expansion. US$70,000 is URGENTLY needed to stop this proposed plan and to save the forest from further destruction. Please help if you can and donate via PayPal.
This proposed plan would reduce the total forest cover of Aceh from its existing coverage of about 68% of Aceh's total land area, to just 45%, representing the destruction of more than 1.2 million hectares, including the entire area known as Tripa, and other currently protected areas inside of the Leuser Ecosystem.
 
 
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Months of campaigning by conservation groups and local communities paid off on 30 August 2012 when the governor of Aceh, Zaini Abdullah, revoked PT Kallista Alam's palm oil plantation permit to convert 1.605 hectares of the protected Leuser Ecosystem into a palm oil plantation.

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Aceh Pulls Plug on Kallista Plantation

Banda Aceh. Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah has revoked the business permit for a palm oil plantation in Rawa Tripa, a lush forest and peatland region in the province's Nagan Raya district.
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PRESS RELEASE OF WALHI ACEH

JUDGES OF ADMINISRATIVE HIGH COURT IN MEDAN GRANTED WALHI ACEH'S APPEAL

Aceh Governor has to withdraw the Plantation License of PT. Kalista Alam in Tripa and evaluate the entire existing licenses in Tripa Peat Swamp




PRESS RELEASE

Increase in fires burning in Tripa highlight Indonesian Government failing to cease deforestation; orangutan population doomed unless illegal activities halted immediately.

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FOLLOWING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:


Global calls urge Indonesia to enforce the law and save red apes

Banda Aceh - A global day of action from seven countries around the world asked Indonesian President SBY, to publicly side with international calls to enforce the law in the Tripa Peat Swamp Forest and take a stand against illegal forest destruction. 


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Burning of peatland and remaining peat forest in Tripa

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Indonesia's Protected Rainforests Disappearing

The recent reports from Indonesia are sending a clarion wake-up call around the globe: Rapid illegal rainforest logging is escalating. School children from around the globe are becoming involved to help save endangered animals and their home - the rainforest.
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Conservation scientists: Aceh's spatial plan a risk to forests, wildlife, and people

A group of biologists and conservation scientists meeting in Sumatra warned that potential changes to Aceh's spatial plan could undermine some of the ecological services that underpin the Indonesian province's economy and well-being of its citizens.
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Scientists urged to stand up for Aceh's biodiversity

Institutions affiliated with the Aceh Spatial Planning Alliance have urged scientists and conservationists to push the Aceh provincial administration to amend the spatial planning bylaw (RTRW), which they say is potentially damaging and could reduce the region's forests, threatening its biodiversity.
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Aceh claims deal to open 1.2M ha of protected forest to logging, mining is near

Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is close to accepting a proposal to open 1.2 million hectares of forest in Aceh for mining, logging, and palm oil production, reports the Aceh Post.
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