The Jakarta Post | Sat, 12/11/2010 10:36 AM | National

The Philippines, home to less than 10 million hectares of forest, is highly respected in the international forum on REDD-plus, or reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, especially because its chief negotiator comes from an indigenous community. The Philippines strongly supports the need to respect the rights of indigenous people in forest management. The Jakarta Post’s Adianto P. Simamora talked to the Philippines’ lead REDD-plus negotiator, Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, who is also head of Tebtebba, an indigenous people’s organization in the Philippines, on the sidelines of the climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico.