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Indonesia's Protected Rainforests Disappearing

The recent reports from Indonesia are sending a clarion wake-up call around the globe: Rapid illegal rainforest logging is escalating. School children from around the globe are becoming involved to help save endangered animals and their home - the rainforest.
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Conservation scientists: Aceh's spatial plan a risk to forests, wildlife, and people

A group of biologists and conservation scientists meeting in Sumatra warned that potential changes to Aceh's spatial plan could undermine some of the ecological services that underpin the Indonesian province's economy and well-being of its citizens.
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Scientists urged to stand up for Aceh's biodiversity

Institutions affiliated with the Aceh Spatial Planning Alliance have urged scientists and conservationists to push the Aceh provincial administration to amend the spatial planning bylaw (RTRW), which they say is potentially damaging and could reduce the region's forests, threatening its biodiversity.
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Aceh claims deal to open 1.2M ha of protected forest to logging, mining is near

Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is close to accepting a proposal to open 1.2 million hectares of forest in Aceh for mining, logging, and palm oil production, reports the Aceh Post.
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Press Release of The University of Zurich

The destruction of the rainforest is not the only problem: A change of strategy is needed to save the Sumatran orangutans
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