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Indonesia’s rainforests recover from deforestation due to illegal logging

Friday, September 25, 2009 17:29 By GSerrano

More than 70 percent of Indonesia’s original forest cover has been lost. Logging, which is mostly illegal, is estimated to destroy over 2.4 million hectares per year.
Re-elected Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) gets international praise for leading the fight against deforestation in his country. All Indonesian presidents in the past have pledged to preserve [...]

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