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by Fidelis E. Satriastanti for Mongabay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Indonesian environment ministry has denied the Aceh provincial government\u2019s proposal to rezone part of Mount Leuser National Park for geothermal development, reacting to opposition from conservationists who argued the project would threaten key orangutan and rhino populations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ministry\u2019s director for protected areas told Mongabay that the ministry had rejected a letter from Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah asking that a section of the park\u2019s \u201ccore zone\u201d be changed to a \u201cutilization zone\u201d so that a Turkish company, Hitay Holdings, could develop geothermal there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe minister received the letter but from socialization and [public] consultation, the result was disagreement with the rezoning, so that\u2019s that. [The plan] stops there,\u201d Tachrir Fathoni told Mongabay last week on the sidelines of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe would support geothermal to be outside conservation areas. This should be the priority,\u201d Fathoni said, adding that the government needed to find ways to harmonize national interests with conservation efforts<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This excerpt from a news article appeared in and is courtesy of Mongabay.com and can be viewed in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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