PT Kaltim denies operating in forest
Reuters reported that Indonesian coal miner PT Kaltim Prima Coal has denied operating in protected forest after an East Kalimantan regency ordered the firm to stop operating in some areas in a dispute over permits and land ownership.
Kasturirangan panel report, if implemented in the Western Ghats, would lead to imposition of anti-people and anti-nature development across the ghats region, said eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Wednesday.