Indonesian Government Won't Allow Oil Palm Growers to Cut Primary Forests

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia, the world's third-largest
emitter of greenhouse gases, won't allow oil palm growers to cut
primary forests for establishing plantations, Minister for
Environment Rachmat Witoelar said.

Per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the Southeast Asian
nation, the biggest producer of the gas after the U.S. and China,
is growing at a rate of 4 percent a year, compared with 3.5
percent in India and 2.7 percent in China, according to a report
released yesterday by the World Bank.


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