The Guardian 7 Oct 09;
The fastest rate of deforestation in Indonesia is occurring in central Sumatra’s Riau province, where some 4.2m hectares (65%) of its tropical forests and peat swamps have been cleared for industrial plantations in the past 25 years. Under the Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (Redd) scheme $30bn a year could be transferred from rich countries to the owners of endangered forests. But experts on all sides of the debate - from international police to politicians to conservationists - warned that the scheme may be impossible to monitor and may already be leading to fraud
24 other photos and issues on deforestation in Sumatra on the Guardian website.
Deforestation in Sumatra - 24 photos
posted by Ria Tan at 10/07/2009 08:04:00 AM