Indonesia lifts ban on palm oil plantations

James S Murray
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As research reveals tropical rainforests are an even more important store of carbon than previously thought, the Indonesian government finds new ways to cut them down

Pressure on UN negotiators to develop a means of offering incentives to tropical countries to protect rainforests under any post-Kyoto deal stepped up several notches this week as Indonesia lifted its...

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