The News story ‘Palm-oil boom raises conservation concerns’ (Nature 487, 14; 2012) wrongly attributed 27% of Indonesia’s deforestation to palm-oil planting. This figure was only for the area of Ketapang. It also said that this figure would rise to 40% by 2020, but that is the area in Ketapang projected to be given over to oil palm and is not due solely to deforestation.
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Correction. Nature 487, 286 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/487286b
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