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Court Rules for Palm Oil Company in Controversial Deforestation Case
Court Rules for Palm Oil Company in Controversial Deforestation Case
06/05/2013 (Mongabay.com) - Court orders Aceh governor to reverse decision to cancel palm oil concession in protected peatlands
An Indonesian court has ruled in favor of plantation company PT Kallista Alam in a lawsuit brought against the governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province for revoking the company’s license to develop palm oil plantations in a protected peat swamp forest.
The Banda Aceh Administrative Court said the governor’s earlier decision to revoke the permit was not legally binding as the case that led to the permit’s cancellation was still being considered by Indonesia’s Supreme Court, Mongabay-Indonesia reported on Thursday.
The ruling is the latest development in an ongoing legal battle over a concession in Aceh’s Rawa Tripa peat swamp forest, which a local environmental group says violates the country’s two-year moratorium on new concessions in primary forests and peatlands. Former Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf issued the permit in August 2011, more than three months after the nation-wide moratorium went into effect.
An Indonesian court has ruled in favor of plantation company PT Kallista Alam in a lawsuit brought against the governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province for revoking the company’s license to develop palm oil plantations in a protected peat swamp forest.
The Banda Aceh Administrative Court said the governor’s earlier decision to revoke the permit was not legally binding as the case that led to the permit’s cancellation was still being considered by Indonesia’s Supreme Court, Mongabay-Indonesia reported on Thursday.
The ruling is the latest development in an ongoing legal battle over a concession in Aceh’s Rawa Tripa peat swamp forest, which a local environmental group says violates the country’s two-year moratorium on new concessions in primary forests and peatlands. Former Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf issued the permit in August 2011, more than three months after the nation-wide moratorium went into effect.