HC Deb 27 February 1998 vol 307 c378W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what action she has taken to protect indigenous people and the wider environment in the area subject to forest fires in Indonesia. [31682]

Clare Short

Protection from present fires in Indonesia is of course the responsibility of the Indonesian authorities. We are helping pilot improvements to the way forests are managed that will give poor forest-dependent people a greater say, and will be seeking changes to the incentives that encourage forest to be converted to other uses.

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