Indonesia’s agriculture ministry backs a move by East Kalimantan to impose a forest moratorium in the province, an official said on Friday, in what may signal a softening in the department’s opposition to extending the nationwide forest destruction ban.
East Kalimantan imposed a one-year forest moratorium for 2013, citing the need to cut back on land disputes in the palm oil and coal producing province.
“We support East Kalimantan provincial government’s measure to impose plantation moratorium for 2013,” Gamal Nasir, director general of plantation at the agriculture ministry, told Reuters.
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