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Indonesian province of East Kalimantan imposes moratorium on deforestation

2013-02-02 03:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The Indonesian province of East Kalimantan has imposed a one-year moratorium on new permits for logging, mining, and oil palm plantations, reports Reuters. "We have applied this moratorium policy for new permits on forestry, mining and plantation since several weeks ago and it will last for a year," East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak was quoted as saying. "We will stop issuing new permits for forestry, mining and plantation business. However, companies that [obtained] permits before...

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Indonesia: Ecocide in action in Kalimantan Updated

2013-01-28 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: In Indonesia, the name for the island of Borneo is Kalimantan. It is the third largest island in the world, renowned for its lush tropical rainforests, one of only two strongholds for the intelligent, endangered orangutan. While eco-tourism in Kalimantan is a booming industry as people travel from all over the world to see orangutans in their natural habitat, so too is palm oil: the former depends upon intact ecosystems; the latter can only thrive by eradicating natural ecosystems. Recently,...

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