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Interactive web app lets users map forest carbon emissions activities

A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) carbon emissions allows researchers and practitioners to better manage forest inventories, its creators say. The...

Biodiversity Kalimantan

Banggai Cardinalfish is in Danger

Forests Kalimantan Sumatera

Sinarmas expands oil palm plantations in Papuan forests

A report has revealed that Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the Sinarmas Group’s oil palm business, is expanding its oil palm plantations in more than 20,000...

Biodiversity Kalimantan Moluccas

Hot and Hotter

Orangutans were not the only ones driven away from the fires at the Tripa peat swamp. Local residents have found the heat rising from the peatland forest...

Forests Kalimantan Sumatera

Tripa: Aceh’s Burning Shame

The Tripa peat swamp, one of the largest capacities storing carbon in Aceh, is near total ruin. A joint team investigates possible violations that destroyed the once rich...

Climate change Kalimantan

REDD SCRUTINIZED, KUNTORO PROMISES OPEN DISCUSSION

REDD+ pilot project implementation in Central Kalimantan was criticized by Friends of the Earth, because it did not accommodate the community. Kuntoro promised to engage...

Climate change Kalimantan

OSIRIS Predicts US$ 2.2 Billion Potential for Indonesia’s REDD Fund

Based on OSIRIS (Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentives Spreadsheet) modeling analysis result, Climate Change National Council concludes that Indonesia has 2.2 billion US$ of...

Forests Kalimantan Papua Sumatera

Plus for REDD, Minus for Indonesia?

Since the sign “+” was added to REDD (Reduction Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) jargon in 2008, many debates appears among experts. Some said,...

Climate change Forests Kalimantan Sumatera

The Sinking of Bedono

HIS vest bears an inkblot stain on its pocket. Yet every time he leaves the house for his round, Head of Bedono Village Mualipin never forget to put...

Biodiversity Forests Kalimantan Papua Sumatera

The Lost Handful of Heaven

People of the region whittled Kerinci Seblat National Park with a new road. They disobeyed restriction of Ministry of Forestry. Seven years ago, Kerinci Seblat...