When will we realise that logging the rainforests has so many knock-on effects?
Open-cut mining in Protected Forest is not permitted under Indonesian law. Yet, there have been representations made by the Australian government on behalf of Australian companies to have the prohibition of open-cut mining in Protected Forest overturned.The Ministry of Environment (KLH) has delayed publishing the results of its environmental management Company Rank Evaluation Program (Program Penilaian Peringkat Perusahaan, Proper) until 31 January 2004. The results should have been made public earlier this year. Proper is an annual KLH program to assess companies’ environmental management ranking. Using Proper, companies are categorised as gold, green, blue, red or black. Red and black rankings are given if a company is considered unwilling to address environmental pollution. The government has given companies that received red or black rankings until 31 January 2004 to make necessary improvements. “If no changes have been made by the deadline then we will publish their rankings,” the
