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Report: Indonesia loses $2B from forest corruption

Quick ReadReport: Indonesia now loses $2B a year because of corruption, mismanagement in forest industry

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Corruption and mismanagement inside Indonesia's lucrative forest industry now costs the developing country $2 billion a year — the equivalent of its entire health budget, a human rights report said Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch is the latest independent organization to allege widespread corruption within one of Indonesia's most important export industries, but its report...

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