Where the hot spots are and who owns the land
Haze-causing fires and hotspots are happening across Indonesia on land which is being used for different purposes, including logging concessions, pulpwood concessions and palm oil concessions.
According to Global Forest Watch, run by the Washington-based World Resources Institute, 48 per cent of fire alerts in the Sept 13 to 20 period were outside concession lands, while 45 per cent were reported within pulpwood concessions, 3 per cent in oil palm concessions and 4 per cent inside logging concessions. Read more here.
While information on areas allocated by the Indonesian government to companies for logging is available, details on the location of concession lands under each company are hard to come by.
So far, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a unit of Indonesia's Sinar Mas group, is the only one that provides detailed information on its website. Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings (APRIL), the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia, has made available a fire tracker without providing detailed information about its logging concessions.
APP has said that more than 80 per cent of the fires started outside the concessions held by APP or its suppliers, and spread to their property via wind and transmission in peatland.
Use the timeline below to see how the hot spots have developed since January 2015.
All 19* APP-related products removed from FairPrice’s shelves
This is the complete list of all 19 products that were withdrawn from FairPrice shelves on Oct 7. These products were sourced from Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) through a local importer, Universal Sovereign. Only two of FairPrice’s 14 housebrand paper products were affected. These 19 products may still be available at Cold Storage, 7-Eleven, Giant and other outlets run by Dairy Farm group, which has stopped replenishing stock but will continue to sell the remaining items.
BRAND
FairPrice
PRODUCT NAME
FairPrice Soft Pack Facial Tissue 2-Ply 4x200S
BRAND
FairPrice
PRODUCT NAME
FairPrice Gold Facial Tissue 3-Ply 4x140S
BRAND
JOLLY
PRODUCT NAME
Jolly 100% Virgin Pulp Bathroom /Tissue 10S 1.8Kg
BRAND
NICE
PRODUCT NAME
Nice Soft Pack 2-Ply 4x200S
BRAND
NICE
PRODUCT NAME
Nice Toilet Roll 20x80S
BRAND
NICE
PRODUCT NAME
Nice Kitchen Towel 2x60S**
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Facial Tissue Box+90S 4x170S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Soft Pack 4x200S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo 3-Ply 100% Virgin Pulp Facial Tissue 5x120S**
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Soft Pack - Elegant 200S**
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Handkerchief Tissue Aloe Vera 10S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Travel Pack Tissue 4x70S**
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Bathroom Tissue 3-Ply 10x200S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Bathroom Tissue 4-Ply 10x200S*
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Micro Embossed Bathroom Roll 10x220S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Household Towel 9In 3x70S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Mini Wet Wipes 20S
BRAND
PASEO
PRODUCT NAME
Paseo Anti-Bac Wet Wipes 20S
BRAND
JOLLY
PRODUCT NAME
Jolly Facial Tissue 2-Ply 200S
*FairPrice had officially pulled 18 products off its shelves, but The Straits Times has learnt that this product, which is sold only at FairPrice Xtra stores, has also been withdrawn.
**NTUC FairPrice has indicated the image provided is not entirely accurate due to promotional packaging being used at the time.
PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI , NTUC FAIRPRICE WEBSITE, SCREENSHOTS FROM REDMART ONLINE.
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