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The Jakarta Post | Mon, 11/29/2010 10:18 AM | Editorial Delegates representing more than 190 governments are back at the negotiating table in Cancun, Mexico, this Monday, almost a year after the climate talks in the cold Danish capital of Copenhagen failed to make history. Picking up the pieces may be easier said than done. Unlike the highly anticipated and much-hyped conference in Copenhagen, expectations are much lower this time around. |
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By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia JAKARTA | Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:18am EST But an Indonesian government draft national REDD+ strategy paper outlines myriad problems such as poor land planning, weak governance and corruption, questions of land tenure and weak law enforcement, issues Mangkusubroto said must be tackled. |
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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 11/13/2010 11:54 AM | National A packaging company in Tangerang is taking the unusual challenge of running a different business by using cassava and biodegradable plastic to produce environmentally friendly plastic bags.
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Celia A. Harvey, Jonah Busch and Muhammad Farid, Jakarta | Thu, 11/11/2010 10:05 AM | Opinion The international community is currently tackling two urgent global problems: the rapid increase in climate change and the ongoing loss of biodiversity. Two weeks ago, delegates from around the world gathered in Nagoya, Japan to discuss the failure of countries to meet their 2010 biodiversity targets and to propose new targets for reducing further biodiversity loss. And, at the end of this month, country delegates will convene in Cancun, Mexico, to continue the ongoing climate negotiations and seek solutions to the climate crisis. |
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Kenneth MacDicken, Jakarta | Fri, 10/29/2010 10:19 AM | Opinion Much is said about how forestry will be an important part of Indonesia’s emission reduction plan. Many in the conservation community believe that the best way to reduce net emissions is to reduce the area of forest harvested for wood products or land cleared for conversion to agriculture or other land uses. |
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