New criminal code rings alarms for environmental protection in Indonesia

Mongabay
Dec 6, 2022, 3:02 pm313 pts
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has passed into law a sweeping set of amendments to the country’s Criminal Code, which experts have warned will weaken environmental protections. The House of Representatives on Dec. 6 unanimously decided to codify Indonesia’s penal code, a holdover from the Dutch…

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