Source: Voice of America

By Chad Bouchard (Jakarta)

Environmental groups have criticized the World Bank for a forest management plan in Indonesia that they say will destroy farming communities, threaten endangered forests, and fuel conflicts in rural areas. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, World Bank officials say the plan will lead to a sustainable logging industry.

Environmentalists lashed out at the World Bank for endorsing Indonesia's plan to establish five million hectares of new timber plantations over the next three years.

World Bank officials said in a report this week that the forestry initiative would create jobs and preserve endangered tropical forests.

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Posted by pichu at February 23, 2007 11:26 AM