Primary Forest in Papua

Fog on primary forest near the river Digul in southern Papua.

Unique identifier: GP0STRVJ2

Type: Image

Shoot date: 31/03/2018

Locations: Indonesia, Papua, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Latitude: 7°16'13.72"S

Longitude: 140°7'26.19"E

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Investigation on Deforestation in Papua 2018

A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in Papua, Indonesia, a new investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed.
Photos taken in March and April 2018 show massive deforestation in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya, a palm oil concession controlled by the Hayel Saeed Anam Group (HSA).
Satellite analysis suggests PT MJR cleared around 4,000ha of rainforest between May 2015 and April 2017 – an area almost half the size of Paris. The destruction resumed in September/October 2017, including within the peatland protection zone, introduced by the Indonesian government in response to the devastating forest fires in 2015. Development is prohibited in these areas.

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