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Indonesia Revokes Permit for Chinese-Built Dam Threatening Ape Species
The Southeast Asian government announced it was canceling licenses for 28 projects it said had violated permits in provinces hit by flooding last year. It remains unclear whether the move is permanent or will be enforced.
By Nicholas Kusnetz
The Indonesian government said it has revoked the licenses of 28 companies for violating forestry regulations in provinces hit by devastating flooding in November. A rare equatorial cyclone, which caused widespread landslides across northern Sumatra, killed some 1,200 people and decimated the population of a critically endangered orangutan that was estimated to have fewer than 800 individuals before the disaster.