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ClimateWire: Despite government pledges to rein in deforestation, Indonesia is on track to release vast amounts of greenhouse gases over the next decade as its burgeoning palm oil industry churns under carbon-rich peat and cuts down its rainforest.
According to a new study by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities, emissions from the palm oil industry alone could release 558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide -- more than the national emissions of Canada -- by 2020.
The study adds doubt to a compact......
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Palm oil set to grow Indonesia’s climate changing emissions
Posted by ClimateWire: Nathanael Massey on October 11th, 2012
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