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New York Times: Indonesia`s president signs a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions in the island nation`s still-prolific virgin forests, part of a $1 billion climate change deal with Norway intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation. Under the deal, more than 150 million acres of primary forest are expected to be protected. Indonesia "will not return to the past of unsustainable development practices," a top environment adviser says. [The Jakarta Post]
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Indonesia Signs Deal to Protect Virgin Forests
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2011
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