ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was written by Emily Harwell, Alan R. Finberg Fellow in the Asia Division. Joseph Saunders, deputy Program director, and Cynthia Brown, Arvind Ganesan and Mike Jendrzejczyk edited the report. Jim Ross provided legal review. Sidney Jones and Chris Barr provided valuable comments. Production assistance was provided by Jonathan Horowitz, Patrick Minges, and Liz Weiss.

Although for their safety they cannot be named here, Human Rights Watch is deeply indebted to all those in Indonesia who were generous with their time and information in researching this report. Their collaboration made this document possible. In addition, we thank Global Forest Watch, World Resource Institute, Art Blundell, CIFOR, and Lesley Potter for help with maps.

Human Rights Watch is deeply grateful to the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the Ruben and Elisabeth Rausing Trust, which provided generous funding for the research and writing of this report.

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