Laurance, William F., and Van Oosterzee, Penny (2019) How Indonesia’s election puts global biodiversity at stake with an impending war on palm oil. The Conversation.

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Abstract

Almost overnight, Jokowi has transformed from an environmental good-guy — someone who’s battled destructive wildfires and noxious haze, tried to slow palm oil expansion and promoted several other eco-smart measures — into a nationalistic mouthpiece for the oil palm industry. Let’s hope this ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ transformation of Jokowi is temporary — a kind of fleeting election madness that overtakes many politicians in the heat of battle. If not, Indonesia’s forests and the endangered species living in them will be at even more risk.

Item ID:	57975
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	2201-5639
Copyright Information:	Available Open Access under a Creative Commons (CC by ND 4.0) license.
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2019 04:42
FoR Codes:	05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity @ 100%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960899 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of Environments not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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