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Indonesia: Aceh claims deal to open 1.2M ha of protected forest to logging, mining is near

2013-03-14 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is close to accepting a proposal to open 1.2 million hectares of forest in Aceh for mining, logging, and palm oil production, reports the Aceh Post. In an article posted Wednesday, Tgk. Anwar, the chairman of the Aceh Governments Spatial Planning Committee, claimed that the Ministry of Forestry has accepted "almost 100%" of the province's new spatial plan, which would zone large blocks of previously protected forest for mineral extraction, timber concessions,...

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