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Pandemic Slows Transfer of Forests to Indonesian Indigenous Communities

from Thomson Reuters Foundation via KCET-TV, Aug. 6, 2020

Pandemic Slows Transfer of Forests to Indonesian Indigenous Communities Thomson Reuters Foundation via KCET-TV, Aug. 6, 2020 Indonesia has cut back its planned transfer of state forests to local communities this year by half — an area twice the size of Los Angeles — because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Bambang Supriyanto, the ministry's director general of social forestry and environmental partnership, said social distancing measures from March to June had halted the technical work needed on the ground to certify the handover of land. READ MORE

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