Mongabay: The Indonesian forestry ministry is on board with President Joko Jokowi Widodos plan to ban new oil palm permits, and has rejected all outstanding requests to establish plantations in the forest zone, a ministry official said on Friday. Sixty-one palm oil companies have had their proposals rejected, sparing a total of 851,000 hectares of land from conversion, according to the San Afri Awang, the ministrys head of governance and planning. Thats 12 times the size of Singapore. We are bringing...