Poor but Wealthy
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
FREQUENTLY, it is forgotten that forests are a gold mine. In fact, the sector could help patch the budget now that the government has been "forced" to drop fuel prices and electricity tariffs. This is the argument put forward by Longgena Ginting, Executive Director of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI). He presents data showing that illegal logging in Indonesia accounts for an amazing 30 million cubic meters of timber
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