New studies suggest lack of meaningful land rights threaten Indonesian forests
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 02:00
in Mathematics & Economics
New research released today at a high-level forestry conference in Indonesiaopened by Vice President Boedionosuggests that Asias largest forest nation is paying a high price for failing to give local communities enforceable rights to contested forests, causing significant economic losses owing to its highly undervalued forestland, and leading it to lose out to regional competitors.