Why Indonesia can't put out its rainforest fires

The Ecologist
Nov 4, 2015, 1:59 pm68 pts
Indonesia's President Widodo has promised strong action to put out his country's raging forest fires, writes Scott Edwards. Yet this year's conflagrations are the worst since 1997. His problem? Powerful, corrupt elites in forested provinces are making big money from the burning. And they see little reason to…

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Why Indonesia can't put out its rainforest fires

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