The ongoing emissions cuts under reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are unlikely to disrupt Indonesia’s efforts to reach its economic growth target of between 7 and 7.7 percent by 2014, a senior official says.
The statement came amid protests from businesspeople claiming the scheme could hurt them.
Forestry Ministry secretary-general Hadi Daryanto said Wednesday that the government was reducing emissions by using proper principles of sustainable forest management.
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