Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table

Mongabay
Apr 3, 2018, 10:03 am100 pts
JAKARTA — The rate of deforestation in selective-logging concessions in parts of Indonesia has unexpectedly overtaken those of pulpwood and oil palm concessions, a new study shows. A study by the NGO Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) in the provinces of North Sumatra, East Kalimantan and North Maluku showed a…

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