Peatlands destruction for oil palm a 'monumental mistake' for Indonesia

Indonesia’s decision earlier this year to allow conversion of up to 2 million hectares of peatlands for oil palm plantations is “a monumental mistake” for the country’s long-term economic prosperity and sustainability, argues an editorial published in the June issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Lian Pin Koh of ETH Zurich, Corey J.A. […]

Low birthrates spell doom for world's rarest rhino

By ROBIN McDOWELL JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Time and space are running out for the Javan Rhinoceros — the most endangered mammal in the world. There are fewer than 60 left in the wild — almost all in a single Indonesian national park — and numbers appear to be declining for the first time in […]

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