Mongabay: Indonesia set to clear 3 million ha of rainforest in New Guinea
Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry has approved conversion of some 3 million hectares of natural forest in Papua province, on the island of New Guinea, according to new analysis by Greenomics Indonesia, an environmental group.
Data from Greenomics Indonesia indicates 17 companies have been granted concessions to clear natural forest in Papua. Roughly 1 million hectares is earmarked for industrial plantations that will supply the......
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Indonesia set to clear 3 million ha of rainforest in New Guinea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 1st, 2011
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