Indonesia’s new president promises to put peat before palm oil

JAKARTA, Dec 5 2014 (IPS) – Last week, Indonesia’s new president, Joko Widodo, ordered the country’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry to review the licenses of all companies that have converted peatlands to oil palm plantations.
Analysis by Jeff Conant, International Forest Campaigner for Friends of the Earth USA published by Inter Press Service News Agency