THE FINAL CUT Illegal Logging in Indonesia's Orangutan Parks
Introduction   Indonesia's Forests   Forest Reform   Tanjung Puting   Gunung Leuser   History   Problems   Aceh Province   Illegal Logging   Tripa Swamp Singkil Swamp   Kluet Swamp   Community Action   Conclusions   Recommendations	Gunung Leuser National Park - Tripa Swamp All three swamp areas in Aceh are already degraded with the northernmost Tripa swamp unprotected and affected by a former concession which was owned by PT Dina Maju and an active concession run by PT Gruti, a division of PT Mujur Timber. Mujur Timber has already been seriously implicated through its company PT Duta Maju Timber in West Sumatra in misrepresenting the borders of the Kerinci Seblat National Park on its maps so as to log within it. In this case it took a joint investigation team by the Ministry of Forestry and the World Bank to hike throughout the area and re-plot the logging area to prove that Mujur Timber were illegally logging this protected area for the second year running.
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