Green groups want paper giant to stop using drained peat in Indonesia

Mongabay
Jan 23, 2017, 8:36 am184 pts
International and Indonesian NGOs are calling on the country’s largest paper company to stop using drained peat swamps for industrial agriculture. The practice, which relies on drying out the waterlogged soil so that acacia trees can be planted, has enabled vast new swaths of land to be opened for pulpwood…

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