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Community land titles in Indonesia fail to reduce deforestation, may even increase it.

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No aggregate deforestation reductions from rollout of community land titles in Indonesia yet
Sebastian Kraus, Jacqueline Liu, Nicolas Koch, Sabine Fuss

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The government of Indonesia granted community land titles to people living near forests to help protect the environment. However, the titles did not reduce deforestation as intended. In fact, in some areas, they even led to more forest loss. On the other hand, in zones where timber production was allowed, deforestation decreased.