Endangered Forests
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
JUST like sugar attracting hordes of ants, the forest resources on the Island of Siberut is something over which aggressive forest exploitation rights (HPH) holders are also fighting. In June 2001, for instance, in Siberut, the Koprasi Andalas Madani (KAM) forest concession belonging to Padang’s Andalas University was already exploiting the forests over an area of 49,650 hectares. Only this year did Andalas University relinquish the HPH they ha
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