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Illegal wildfires to clear land for palm plantations seen in Indonesia

2013-08-28 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

United Press International: NASA has released a satellite photo it says shows widespread illegal slash-and-burn fires in Indonesia set deliberately to clear land for palm oil companies. While that kind of agricultural clearing technique has been used for centuries, the setting of such fires is now illegal in Indonesia, but plantation owners are commonly ignoring the law, environmentalists say. "Widespread, illegal burning to clear rainforests and peatlands for palm oil and pulp and paper plantation expansion is unfortunately...

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Illegal Slash-and-Burn Fires Causing Smog Problem in Indonesia

2013-08-28 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Skies above Indonesia have been blanketed with smog as wildfires burn throughout its forests. Ignoring environmental laws, companies are using the practice of slash-and-burn to clear land for palm oil plantations. Not only do the illegal fires decimate rainforests and peatlands, they also fill the air with lethal levels of smoke, as seen in this NASA satellite image, taken on August 27th. Indonesia's pollution index hit a record-high 401 earlier this month; any reading above 400 is considered life-threatening...

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UPDATE 1-Freeport Indonesia union says pay talks risk being deadlocked

2013-08-28 14:08:16| Real Estate - Topix.net

Pay talks between the Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc and its workers are in danger of ending in deadlock because the pay offer is too low, a spokesman for the worker's union said on Wednesday.

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Indonesia Food and Drink Report Q4 2013

2013-08-28 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com

Business Monitor International's Indonesia Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory

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US to sell helicopters to Indonesia

2013-08-26 14:57:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The US is to sell for the first time new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Indonesia to bolster its military capability, US officials say.

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