Greenpeace: Paper company is 'trashing Indonesian rainforests'July, 06 2010
(CNN) -- One of the world's largest pulp and paper companies is destroying Indonesia's rainforests and taking away the habitat of rare animals, environmental group Greenpeace charged Tuesday.
The Greenpeace report accuses Asia Pulp and Paper of "relentlessly trashing rainforests, dri. . .
Doubt lingers on govt’s emission targetJuly, 05 2010
Nine months after Indonesia declared its ambitious pledge to cut emissions with its own money, doubts remain on if the government can meet its own target, with no clear supporting regulations made.
Environmentalists and legal experts said the absence of a legal tool showed the government’. . .
Analysis: Who benefits from 2-year moratorium on forest clearing?July, 05 2010
It didn’t take long for palm oil producers to respond to Norway’s recently signed US billion grant, given in exchange for a two-year moratorium on any new clearing of Indonesia’s rainforest and peatlands. Association of Palm Oil Producers secretary-general Joko Supriyono urged the government to re. . .
“We want to change this threat to an opportunity”: Interview with Abdon Nababan and Mina SetraJuly, 04 2010
Interview with Abdon Nababan, secretary general of the Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN – The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago), and Mina Setra the head of international policy at AMAN. The interview took place in AMAN’s office in Jakarta on 9 June 2010.
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Forest concessions get help for certificationJune, 29 2010
“We see potential for expanding certified forest management in Indonesia,” The Borneo Initiative (TBI) Foundation executive Jesse Kuijper said during the signing ceremony. TBI is a Netherlands-based organization that currently provides assistance to eight forest concession-holders in Inodnesia. . .
1 percent of peatlands for carbon dealJune, 26 2010
The Forestry Ministry has said that it could allocate only 170,000 hectares of the nation's 21 million hectares of peatlands for a carbon trading deal struck recently with Norway.
The preliminary estimate also stated that about 25 million hectares of natural forest could be covered by the. . .
Transferring REDD Funds to the CommunitiesJune, 25 2010
The last five years have seen intense debate on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation (RED) and its later versions REDD and REDD Plus. By now there is a general agreement that there is a high cost to reduction of deforestation and forest degradation in poor countries and that this c. . .
President to lead forest fire call for readinessJune, 22 2010
Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono planned to lead a national call for readiness in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, in July.
"This call for readiness is for forest and land preservation to prevent fires," West Kalimantan Governor Cornelis sai. . .
Indonesia's Kalimantan to clear forest for housesJune, 22 2010
Indonesia's Kalimantan region has proposed converting 1.9 million hectares of forest, or about 12 times the size of London, mostly for housing, despite the country's planned moratorium on forest clearance.
A forestry ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that the government would study the p. . .
Indonesia moving to reduce forest loss, warming emissionsJune, 21 2010
SINGAPORE — Recent developments in curbing high levels of forest loss around the world, particularly in the tropics, are promising. They are significant because deforestation, including the clearing of trees from peat swamps in Southeast Asia, is the biggest source of global warming emissions from h. . .
