The End for Indonesia’s Lowland Forests?

Twenty years ago, Indonesia used the best principles of conservation biology to plan a national protected area system based on representativeness, irreplaceability, complementarity, and connectivity. Large areas of all habitats were proposed as conservation areas within each biogeographic region. Subsequently, all of the country's forests (more than 70% of the total land area) were allocated for production, watershed protection, or conservation, and Indonesia endorsed the...

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