US to forgive 30 million debt to protect Sumatra's forests

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 23:07 in Earth & Climate

The U.S. Government will announce that it will forgive nearly $30 million of debt payments owed by Indonesia in return for increased protection of Sumatra's forests, in a deal supported financially by and negotiated with the help of Conservation International...

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