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The new economic and political horizon gives Wich hope. The year 2011 is not a hard-and-fast date, especially as a new wave of conservation initiatives on Sumatra—concerted efforts of several ministries and the World Worldlife Fund, as well as a five-year moratorium on logging imposed by the semi-autonomous regional government of Aceh—buy time. Wich is cautious with his optimism, he says, but motivated: "We have a good fighting chance now."

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