ABC Interview - Logging in Indonesia threatens orangutans

24 July 2009

Asia Pulp & Paper’s proposal to convert the Bukit Tigapuluh ecosystem into pulp paper production in Sumatra - destroying critical Sumatran orang-utan, tiger and elephant habitat – continues to receive media attention.

To listen to Fran Kelly’s interview with Leif Cocks, Australian Orangutan Project, Didy Wurjanto, Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and Aida Greenbury, Asia Pulp & Paper, click here.

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