Indonesia: New Studies Suggest Lack Of Meaningful Land Rights Threaten Indonesian Forests

Indonesia: New Studies Suggest Lack Of Meaningful Land Rights Threaten Indonesian Forests   Indonesia losing out to China, Viet Nam, where tenure boosts economies, forest cover   New research released today at a high-level forestry conference in Indonesia—opened by Vice President Boediono—suggests that Asia’s largest forest nation is paying a high price for failing to give local communities enforceable rights to contested forests, causing significant economic losses owing to its highly...

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