Indonesia’s Minister of the Environment and Forestry Dr Siti Nurbaya has asserted that PT MPK, the permit holder of a logging concession dominated by the habitat of the Bornean orangutan, has committed peat violations by constructing new canals.

This logging concession, located in Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan province, covers an area roughly 70% of the size of Singapore.

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