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Jakarta Post: Deforestation would continue in the country despite the pledged two-year moratorium, since it would only take effect in areas categorized as protected under the Forest Law, a civil society group said on Wednesday.
After analyzing drafts of presidential decrees on the forest moratorium, Greenpeace said the target of the moratorium would only be 41 million hectares of forests. “The 41 million hectares have been designated as protected areas under the 1999 Forest Law,” geographic information center......
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Indonesia: Moratorium to preserve only protected forest areas: Draft
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2011
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