Indonesia may adjust forest rules for infrastructure GT projects

In Indonesia, reports continue to suggest that the country will allow some infrastructure projects that are seen to be in the public interest to go forward in protected forests, including geothermal projects. Currently law forbids any activity that would impact a forest conservation area. Chief economics minister Hatta Rajasa said that the government would issue a new rule to allow some development in protected forests and that the users would have to set aside twice as much land in another part of the province for use as forested land.