Jambi applies moratorium to stop deforestation
Jambi Forestry Agency head Irmansyah Rachman says his office will impose a moratorium on conversion permits for plantations and industrial timber estates (HTI) to address rapid deforestation in the province.“The moratorium on forest conversions will primarily be conducted in areas that still have primary forest and peatland,” said Irmansyah on Tuesday.He added that the same moratorium had been instituted under former…