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        "id": 1238558,
        "msgid": "firms-accused-of-damaging-forests-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-02-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Firms accused of damaging forests",
        "author": null,
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        "summary": "Firms accused of damaging forests PALU, Central Sulawesi: Environmentalists have accused some plantation and forestry companies here of damaging hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests across Banggai regency. They said that most of the companies pretended to clear land for plantation by cutting down trees, but later logged them out, and abandoned the areas.",
        "content": "<p>Firms accused of damaging forests<\/p>\n<p>PALU, Central Sulawesi: Environmentalists have accused some<br>\nplantation and forestry companies here of damaging hundreds of<br>\nthousands of hectares of forests across Banggai regency.<\/p>\n<p>They said that most of the companies pretended to clear land<br>\nfor plantation by cutting down trees, but later logged them out,<br>\nand abandoned the areas.<\/p>\n<p>A survey by the Traditional Community Alliance and the<br>\nIndonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) shows that the accused<br>\nfirms include three concession holders --  PT Palopo Timber (PT);<br>\nPT Balantak Rimba Rejeki (BRR), and PT Dahatama Adhikarya (DA).<\/p>\n<p>Palopo Timber controls 40,110 hectares of land in Batui<br>\nsubdistrict; BRR holds 72,500 hectares in Balantak subdistrict,<br>\nand DA holds 64,620 hectares of land in the Bunta subdistrict.<\/p>\n<p>Other suspected companies include PT Kurnia Luwuk Sejati<br>\n(KLS); PT Nyiur Inti Mas (NIM); PT Kawisan Central Asia (KCA),<br>\nand PT Maliando Bangun Persada (MPB). --JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/firms-accused-of-damaging-forests-1447893297",
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