Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges

Mongabay
Apr 11, 2018, 11:13 am320 ptsTrending
The owner of Indonesia’s largest conglomerate has been accused of participating in the illegal deforestation of Borneo’s Ketungau peat swamp to make way for oil palm plantations. The Salim Group, owned by tycoon Anthoni Salim, Indonesia’s fourth-richest man according to Forbes, is reportedly linked either…

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