Indonesia's Deforestation Dropped 60 Percent in 2017

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By World Resources InstituteAug 14, 2018, 3:54 pm315 pts
By Hidayah Hamzah, Reidinar Juliane, Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi and Arief Wijaya In the midst of the second-worst year for tropical tree cover loss in 2017, Indonesia saw an encouraging sign: a 60 percent drop in tree cover loss in primary forests compared with 2016. That's the difference in carbon dioxide…

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