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The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 08/21/2010 Norway has agreed to start the implementation of a bilateral climate deal worth US$1 billion by disbursing an initial fund worth $30 million in September, a senior official says.
“The initial fund will be disbursed next month through the UN-REDD program,” Forestry Ministry Director General of Production Forest Development Hadi Daryanto told The Jakarta Post on Friday at his
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The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 08/16/2010 10:27 AM The Indonesian government will likely appoint a local financial institution to manage the US$1 billion forestry fund to be provided by Norway as part of the environmental deal signed in Oslo early this year.
Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said the government would prefer a local but reputable financial institution to manage the fund, instead of an international agency such as the World Bank or Asian Development Bank.
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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 08/13/2010 9:49 AM Negotiators from Indonesia and Norway will meet in Jakarta next week to discuss the implementation of a bilateral climate deal to combat deforestation in Indonesia, the highest in the world with more than 1 million hectares destroyed per year.
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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 08/16/2010 9:54 AM Indonesia hopes to renegotiate its US$1 billion deal with Norway on reducing carbon emissions by curbing deforestation, hoping Norway will accept tree planting as an eligible part of the program.
“We hope REDD+ activities could be applied in the Indonesia-Norway climate deal,” Hadi Daryanto, director general of forest production at the Forestry Ministry, told The Jakarta Post Saturday. |
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Adianto P. Simamora, THE JAKARTA POST, JAKARTA | Mon, 08/09/2010 10:24 AM | National Indonesia voiced concern over the outcome of climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, which seemed to move the world further away from a global treaty on emissions cuts targets in Cancun, Mexico, this year. The five-day climate negotiation, part of the second round of talks before the Cancun summit, was concluded over the weekend (Saturday in Jakarta). |
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