Christopher Barr, director of US-based non-profit Woods & Wayside International, said that while Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a series of "progressive" and "apparently sincere" statements on combating climate change, reducing deforestation, and developing sustainable forestry, strong forestry sector interests have effectively undermined Indonesia's moratorium on new forest concessions, making it difficult to achieve the president's "7/26" plan for reducing emissions 26 percent from a projected 2020 baseline while maintaining 7 percent economic growth.