Despite moratorium, Indonesia now has world's highest deforestation rate
08 Jul 2014Despite a high-level pledge to combat deforestation and a nationwide moratorium on new logging and plantation concessions, deforestation has continued to rise in Indonesia, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change.
U.N. agrees multi-billion dollar framework to tackle deforestation
10 Dec 2013U.N. negotiators on Friday agreed rules on financing forest projects in developing nations, paving the way for multi-billion dollar investments from governments, funding agencies and private firms in schemes to halt deforestation, Reuters reported.