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Can Jokowi Tame Indonesia's Forestry Ministry?

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Nov 27, 2014
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Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry, arguably the country’s most powerful state institution – and often named one of its most corrupt – is facing unprecedented questioning over its broken land rights system.

The ministry, which oversees more than 70 percent of the country's land area, also represents a major test of how serious Joko Widodo, the new president, …

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