{"id":2321,"date":"2011-12-08T23:55:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2011-12-08T23:55:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:55:05","slug":"news-update-indonesias-aceh-breaches-forest-clearing-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/news-update-indonesias-aceh-breaches-forest-clearing-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"News Update: Indonesia&#8217;s Aceh Breaches Forest Clearing Moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newstory120811.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2322\" title=\"newstory120811\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newstory120811-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newstory120811-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newstory120811-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/newstory120811-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The governor of Indonesia&#8217;s Aceh province has breached a ban on clearing forests that is at the heart of a $1 billion climate deal with Norway, earning a rebuke by a senior government official on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The two-year moratorium on issuing permits to log and convert forests, effective from May this year, is meant to protect primary forests and peatlands in the Asian country in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>About 80 percent of Indonesia&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions stem from deforestation and land use change, with the rapidly expanding palm oil, timber, agriculture and mining sectors driving forest loss.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Aceh&#8217;s governor Irwandi Yusuf signed a permit to let PT Kallista Alam to develop 1,605 hectares (4,000 acres) of swamp, which includes protected peatlands, in Nagan Raya district for palm oil plantations, a document obtained by Reuters showed. The company is based in Medan, North Sumatra, but does not have a website or information on ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The head of UKP4, a body monitoring the implementation of the moratorium, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto criticised the decision in a statement emailed to Reuters. Mangkusubroto is a respected technocrat and is head of the government&#8217;s oversight body.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spent four years in Aceh during the tsunami reconstruction. Opening up Kuala Tripa &#8212; an area with high conservation value and home to many animals endemic to Indonesia &#8212; is a grave mistake,&#8221; said Mangkusubroto, who was the architect of Aceh&#8217;s reconstruction after a major earthquake and tsunami devastated the province in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The Aceh breach illustrates the problem Southeast Asia&#8217;s top economy faces in balancing economic development and powerful business interests with conserving nature, as well as a policy gap between the central government and local administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Yusuf, who is expected to run again in a governor election next year, signed the permit on Aug. 25, three months after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed the decree for the moratorium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we recognise the need for the palm oil industry to also grow, signing an agreement with a palm oil company to allow the conversion of protected peat land into palm oil plantations, very clearly breaks the moratorium,&#8221; Mangkusubroto added.<\/p>\n<p>The Aceh government had followed correct procedures for issuing the permit, said spokesman Usamah El Madny.<\/p>\n<p>Mangkusubroto urged the provincial government to reassess the decision and find alternative land for palm oil development.<\/p>\n<p>A local green group, the Aceh chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI), said a court hearing had started this week seeking to have the permit revoked.<\/p>\n<p>WALHI Aceh&#8217;s head Teuku Muhammad Zulfikar said opening up the swamp was threatening endangered orangutan.<\/p>\n<p>Norway&#8217;s Ambassador to Indonesia, Eivind Homme, told Reuters he was surprised by news of the breach and called on the national government to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, Indonesia and North Korea have the world&#8217;s highest rates of deforestation, a global ranking released last month showed.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Olivia Rondonuwu\/Reuters Dedcember 8, 2011\/photo: Tarmizy Harva (2007)<\/p>\n<p>(Additional reporting by Reza Munawir in Aceh; Editing by David Fogarty and Jonathan Thatcher)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governor of Indonesia&#8217;s Aceh province has breached a ban on clearing forests that is at the heart of a $1 billion climate deal with Norway, earning a rebuke by a senior government official on Thursday. 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