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Mongabay: After five-and-a-half months of delay due to lobbying and political debate, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed a two-year moratorium on the granting of new permits to clear rainforests and peatlands, reports Reuters.
But details of the moratorium, which was a condition under Indonesia's billion dollar forest conservation partnership with Norway and was supposed to be signed January 1, won't be released until Friday, leaving it unclear what types of forest will be protected......
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Indonesia signs moratorium on new permits for logging, palm oil concessions
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 19th, 2011
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