The UK is to contribute £50m ($80m) to a project in Indonesia "in the hope it will tackle climate change", reports the BBC.
Large-scale deforestation makes the South East Asian country the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the US.
The money will be used to encourage palm oil manufacturers to grow new plantations on land already degraded instead of clearing new forest.
The Indonesian president has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 26% by 2020. ...
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