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SBY still pondering planned forest moratorium PDF Print E-mail

SBY still pondering planned forest moratorium

| Mon, 02/07/2011 10:55 AM | National

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was still studying the concept of a forest moratorium before signing a presidential instruction as a legal instrument to stop the conversion of forest areas. Forestry conversion in Indonesia still measures about 1 million hectare a year.

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Satellite scan may improve forest watch PDF Print E-mail

Satellite scan may improve forest watch

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 02/04/2011 11:09 AM | National

Remote sensing through a radar satellite may advance monitoring on forest carbon, the focal point of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) plus mechanism, experts say.

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No More Cutting Natural Forests, Minister Orders PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 20 January 2011 15:25

Fidelis E. Satriastanti | January 18, 2011 Jakarta Globe

Minister Zulkifli Hasan’s warned logging and timber companies still harvesting trees from natural forest concessions they had been granted in 2010. (EPA Photo/Mast Irha)

The forestry minister on Monday warned some logging companies that they needed to stop harvesting trees from natural woodlands immediately.

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REDD-plus goes beyond the ‘Norway deal’: United Nations PDF Print E-mail

REDD-plus goes beyond the ‘Norway deal’: United Nations

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 01/31/2011 10:16 AM | National

Indonesia is reportedly ready to implement the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD-plus) as part of a post-2012 climate deal. The UN has allocated US$5.6 million for its REDD program in Indonesia, of which US$3.75 million is managed by the UN-REDD Program Indonesia with the assistance of three UN agencies: FAO, UNEP and UNDP. To explore the progress of the initiative, The Jakarta Post recently talked to El-Mostafa Benlamlih, resident coordinator of the United Nations program in Indonesia. Below are the excerpts.

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Govt to open forests for geothermal mining PDF Print E-mail

Rangga D. Fadillah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 01/14/2011 11:00 AM | Business

The government will soon issue a presidential decree that would allow the development of geothermal resources located within protected forests, a senior official has said.

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