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Okays for Indonesian Plantation Said to be Faked

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Dec 12, 2019
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Permits underpinning a multi-billion-dollar oil palm plantation project in Papua province allegedly were falsified, leading to the criminal clear-cutting of a vast area of rainforest 83 sq km in size, according to a report published this week in the conservation and environmental science news site Mongabay. The full report, titled "Revealed: Government …

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