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Food & Agriculture
Singapore-based NGO PM.Haze executive director Benjamin Tay leaves to join private sector
People's Movement to Stop Haze, a non-profit that advocates on the transboundary haze crisis in Southeast Asia, will be helmed by its president Low Ying Hui in the interim.
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The planned expansion will have catastrophic consequences for forests, peatlands, and communities, warn NGOs. APP says the expansion will not breach its no-deforestation pledge, and is aligned with the new Omnibus Law to boost investment and jobs.
Food & Agriculture
Paper giant APRIL's expansion plan alarms environmentalists
The Singapore-headquartered firm's plan to increase capacity in Riau could put the region at risk of deforestation, fire and social conflict, say NGOs. APRIL says its growth plan complies with its sustainability policy, and it has no intention of expanding its plantations.
The sheer scale of burning suggests law enforcement in the fire-stricken nation has been ineffective. The influence wielded by palm oil and pulp business associations is a key reason why firms still often go unpunished, states a new study.
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