Indonesia to revive controversial sugarcane plan in Aru?

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonJun 23, 2015, 7:09 am95 pts
The Indonesian agriculture minister's recent comments that the Aru archipelago in the country's eastern waters will be one of three sites for a major new sugarcane initiative has sparked an outcry among civil society groups, as a similar controversial plan was shelved only last year after activists waged a long…

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