Indonesia Probes Massive Forest Corruption. AFP, May 20, 2010. "Indonesia's anti-graft commission is investigating rampant corruption in the forestry sector that has cost the state more than 100 billion dollars, an official said on May 20... Deforestation and rampant illegal logging is the main reason Indonesia is the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions report [Illegal Logging in Indonesia, PDF, 20 pages] by a coalition including the BlueGreen Alliance and the Rainforest Action Network released in the United States this month found that 40 to 55% of Indonesia's timber is illegally harvested. It warned that 98% of the archipelago's lowland forests could be gone by 2022."
2010-06-02
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