Fighting Riau Firestarters
Spurred on by the president, the police and the Environment Ministry are naming suspects and probing companies responsible for Riau's forest fires. They are being tried before the onset of the new government.
April 15, 2014
On Tuesday afternoon last week, a meeting was held at the Presidential Working Unit for Development Supervision and Control (UKP4)'s office to evaluate efforts to address Riau's forest fires. Activists from the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), the Riau Forest Rescue Network and the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia, as well as Yunus Husein, former chair of the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK
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