The future of a
much-vaunted $30 million Australian project to protect Indonesian forests for
their carbon is in doubt after an independent review found it is not the best
use of the money.
The project on the island of Sumatra was announced by Labor in
early 2010 to international fanfare, but so far there has been little detail
about the project's design.
It is understood
there has been no actual on-ground work in Sumatra and officials to date have
done research only.
