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INDONESIA: Natural fibre push likely to have limited benefit
2014-03-24 14:09:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Indonesian government's decision to promote natural fibres in place of synthetics may have merit, but the country's garment and textile export industry may not gain from the move, experts argue.
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Indonesia: Fires cast doubts on Riau firms resolve
2014-03-16 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asia One: The recent surge in forest fires in Riau has raised questions over the commitment of major companies to fight open burning, as satellites revealed that the current number of hot spots exceeds the number that caused last year's choking haze. The World Resources Institute (WRI) recorded that half of the fires are burning on land managed by pulpwood, palm oil, and logging companies. "(Some) of the largest fires are on fully developed plantations, despite the fact that many of these companies are...
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Indonesia: Logging giant suspends operations fend off plantations from fire
2014-03-16 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indonesian Pulp & paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) says it has suspended operations at a concession in Riau Province in order to shift staff toward fighting back fires that threaten its plantations. In a statement issued Friday, APRIL said its plantations on Pulau Padang, a peat island off the coast of Sumatra, are at risk due to fires illegally set outside its concessions. "The fires are starting outside our forest concessions but with the heavy, circular winds,...
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Fires in Indonesia at highest levels since 2013 haze emergency
2014-03-14 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In early March 2014, forest and peat fires in Indonesia's Riau province, on the island of Sumatra, spiked to levels not seen since the previous Southeast Asian haze crisis of June 2013. Nearly 50,000 Indonesians are suffering respiratory ailments due to the haze, according to Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency. Dramatic satellite images of heavy smoke plumes show the large amount of pollutants being discharged to the atmosphere. The fires are extensive in areas with deep peat soils, suggesting...
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U.S. Apparel Import Prices in 2013: China vs. India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mexico and Honduras
2014-03-13 15:34:01| EmergingTextiles.com
Cotton apparel prices did not strongly change for most origins in full 2013 while prices of man-made fiber products fell in a series of low-cost countries. This is reflected by our series of statistical tables offering a comprehensive comparison of unit values per origin and category, with world and China benchmark indexes.
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