Illegal logging 'rampant' in Aceh<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) urged the
\ngovernment on Wednesday to immediately cancel forest concession
\nrights that have been given to logging companies operating in
\nSoutheast Aceh and Aceh Singkli, saying that it would only worsen
\nthe deforestation problem in the tsunami-devastated province.<\/p>\n
Walhi executive director Chalid Muhammad said his
\norganization's investigation, carried out from September to early
\nDecember, found that rampant illegal logging activities have
\ntaken place in the two regencies.<\/p>\n
"Our findings show that the logs are being harvested not for
\nthe province's reconstruction purposes, but to be sold on the
\nworld market by first exporting it to Malaysia and Singapore," he
\nsaid at a media gathering in his office on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He warned that more natural disasters would occur in Aceh
\nunless the government moved quickly to resolve deforestation and
\nillegal logging problems. -- JP<\/p>",
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