Reuters: Indonesia will place a two-year moratorium on new concessions to clear natural forests and peatlands under a deal signed with Norway aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, the government said in a statement. Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday witnessed the signing of an agreement in Oslo under which Norway will invest $1 billion in forest conservation projects in Indonesia. "In the second phase of the ......
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Indonesia puts moratorium on new forest clearing
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 27th, 2010
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