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Indonesian forests under palm oil threat

Indioneisa's tropical forests are under threat from illegal logging and palm oil plantations, according to a report in today's Planet Ark.

"Sixty percent of the protected and conservation areas are already badly damaged due to illegal logging and palm oil plantations," Rully Sumada, a forestry expert with Indonesian environmental group Walhi, told Reuters.

Shades of Columbia.

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