Indonesia will open up peatland forests (skove på tørvejord) for plantation crops such as palm oil after freezing new permits for more than a year, Director General for Plantations Achmad Mangga Barani said on Monday.
The move has alarmed green groups.
Meanwhile, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, it will disburse 500 million US dollar as part of 1 billion standby loan for Indonesia. The fund will be used to finance public expenditure support facility (PESF), which is expected to help bolster the huge countrys economic growth, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org
