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Indonesian law bars palm oil companies from protecting forests

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-10-21

A law passed by the Indonesian government last month makes it even more difficult for palm oil companies to conserve tracts of wildlife-rich and carbon-dense forests within their concessions, potentially undermining these producers' commitments to phase deforestation out of their supply chains, warns a new report published by Greenomics, an Indonesian environmental group.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1020-palm-oil-conservation.html