| Hundreds of hectares of Kerinci village's land is now APRIL's mill area. Compensation has not been payed, even though the dispute has been going on for five years.
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Demostration against companies and administration in Rengat. Couple of days earlier APRIL workers killed a demonstrating villager in Lubuk Jambi. |
People from Kerinci,
Delik and Sering villages opposing exploitation of their lands in Pekanbaru. |
Forest workers from Java island work half a year at a time living in cottages by the logging site. |
| Rainforest in APRIL's consession (Cerenti). |
APRIL workers
dispersed demonstrating village people with this Finnish Timberjack seized
by the police in Lubuk Jambi. |
Surroundings of APRIL's mills have already lost their forest cover. Line of smoke coming from the APRIL's mill can be seen behind the oil palm plantations in front (right).
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Exotic Acacia
magnium is the main species used in APRIL's plantations. Lack of vegetation
is evident in the bottom layer of young plantations. |
