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Indonesia Extends Major Logging Moratorium, Critics Decry as Weak
2015-05-15 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Indonesia has extended a major logging moratorium aimed at preserving the archipelago's vast swathes of tropical rainforest, but environmentalists say the logging ban does not go nearly far enough. The country, home to some of the world's most biodiverse rain forests and endangered species such as tigers and elephants, first enacted the moratorium in 2011, banning new logging permits for primary and virgin forests and peatlands. The moratorium was first extended until 2015, and now has been extended...
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