‘Forests will disappear again,’ activists warn as Indonesia ends plantation freeze

Mongabay
Dec 6, 2021, 11:56 am250 pts
BALI, Indonesia — Palm oil industry watchdogs are warning of a possible surge in deforestation across Indonesia, after the government ended a three-year freeze on issuing permits for new plantations. The moratorium had been imposed in 2018, ostensibly to allow the industry to address the problems of…

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