HONG KONG/JAKARTA (Reuters) - China's huge appetite for paper is fueling pulp mill expansions and accelerating the loss of forests in countries such as Indonesia, a global research institute said on Thursday.
David Kaimowitz, director general for the Center for International Forestry Research, told Reuters large pulp mills were being built without lenders such as the World Bank checking that the proposed mills had enough raw material.
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