KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's environment and forestry ministry said on Wednesday it ended a 25-year conservation agreement with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) because the group let a forest where it operated burn. Bambang Hendroyono, secretary-general at the ministry, accused WWF in a statement to Reuters of allowing some of its concession to burn and also criticised a WWF social media campaign slamming the government over forest fires. WWF told reporters late on Tuesday that the government had unilaterally ended the deal, which was due to expire in 2023, and that the decision could threaten its efforts to protect endangered wildlife including tigers and rhinos.
Indonesia's forestry ministry ends WWF partnership over fire row
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's environment and forestry ministry said on Wednesday it ended a 25-year conservation agreement with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) because the group let a forest where it operated burn. Bambang Hendroyono, secretary-general at the ministry, accused WWF in a statement to Reuters of allowing some of its concession to burn and also criticised a WWF social media campaign slamming the government over forest fires. WWF told reporters late on Tuesday that the government had unilaterally ended the deal, which was due to expire in 2023, and that the decision could threaten its efforts to protect endangered wildlife including tigers and rhinos.