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Two more elephants poisoned in Riau |
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Indonesia
An autopsy turned up rat poison in their stomachs. Park superintendent, Kupin Simbolon said the rodenticide was probably what killed them.
"This is very worrying that too many elephants have died and I promise not to let this continue to happen," Kupin said, as quoted by state news agency Antara.
It had only been a month since the last dead elephant was found in the park. That animal's belly too contained poison.
"They most likely belonged to the same herd as the locations where they were found were not far from each other," said Syamsidar, spokesperson for World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia's program in Riau, according to Antara.
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Deforestation APP releases new details of 'sustainability roadmap' |
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Indonesia
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) announced new specifics regarding its plan to stop cutting down trees in Indonesia.
The multinational company, which has committed to end deforestation in its supply chain and rely solely on its plantations for wood, named August 31 as the absolute deadline for all natural forest felled before February 1 to have reached its pulp mills, according to a statement on its website. After that, no natural forest fiber can enter its log yards.
APP also said that the independent assessments it is carrying out for all 38 of its suppliers in Indonesia would be completed by early next year.
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Nature groups to study impact of Cross Island Line |
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Singapore
SINGAPORE — Six nature groups will be embarking on studies to determine the impact of the Cross Island Line (CRL) on the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, said Land Transport Authority (LTA) Chief Executive Chew Hock Yong yesterday.
The groups will study all possible options, which include cutting through the nature reserve and skirting around it, and highlight all implications to the LTA. No timeline has been set for the studies, which could take several months.
“We will not start any work until a time when there is proper understanding on what is the correct way to do it so as to minimise the impact on nature,” Mr Chew said.
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Indonesia has 1,000 unidentified types of wood |
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The lack of experts working in research and development institutions for wood anatomy leaves some 1,000 trees unidentified in Indonesia. TEMPO.CO, Bogor – The Forestry Ministry revealed that out of approximately four thousand types of wood in Indonesia, only three thousand has been identified. This is due to the lack of wood anatomy experts working in research and development institutions for wood anatomy. Ida Bagus Putera Parthama of the Forestry Ministry said that wood anatomy can reveal the type and origins of wood. This is important for rare trees in forests that are prohibited from being cut down, such as the Ulin wood (Eusideroxylon zwageri) that has extra powerful properties. "It's even stronger than steel," he said.
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