JAKARTA: Indonesia has extended a logging ban to protect rainforests despite fierce industry pressure, the government said on Wednesday, but green groups slammed it as inadequate to safeguard threatened habitats.

Vast tracts of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago are covered in trees, including some of the world’s most biodiverse tropical rainforest that is home to endangered animals such as orangutans, tigers and elephants.

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