Jakarta Globe: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree to allow mining, power plants and other projects deemed strategically important to take place in protected forests. The decree, which took effect on Feb. 1, is certain to anger environmental groups given that the country already has one of the fastest rates of deforestation in the world. "The use of forest areas for development activities can be done for unavoidable strategic purposes," said the decree, which said key …