An aerial view of the Cikole protected forest near Bandung, Indonesia November 6, 2018. Picture taken November 6, 2018. Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi via REUTERS
JAKARTA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - An agreement on deforestation by more than 100 countries this week that was signed by Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, did not contain a pledge to halt deforestation by 2030, a senior Indonesian official said on Thursday.
"The declaration issued does not refer at all to the 'end deforestation by 2030'," vice foreign minister, Mahendra Siregar, said in a statement. Indonesia's environment minister earlier said such an arrangement would "inappropriate and unfair". read more
Reporting by Fathin Ungku and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Martin Petty
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