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Indonesia to weaken peatland protection to support plantations

2015-01-08 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The Indonesian Ministry of the Environment and Forestry has announced it will further hobble its peatlands protection law to allow plantations to continue operating on a business as usual basis. Indonesian law number 71/2014 on the protection of peatland ecosystems was passed late last year amid protests by both environmental groups who felt the law did not do enough, and industry activists who claim the law will significantly harm their business and the Indonesian economy. At the center of...

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