A general view about the production forest as the region that frequently occurs deforestation for the economic needs is true. However, production forest able to reduce carbon emissions like other forest. It expressed by the Director of Forestry Business Development, The ministry of forestry, Auria Ibrahim in the discussion “The Role of Production Forests in […]
Category: Climate change
Pessimism on REDD+ Agency, Extant
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – “We feel pessimistic this project will go well,” said Deddy Ratih Walhi Program Development Manager when responding to REDD+ project in indonesia to Ekuatorial (24/4). Deddy felt that the duties, functions and workload of REDD is huge and and there are a lot of structural problems. Walhi’s pessimism contrasts with optimism from […]
Kampung Iklim Programme to Fight Against Climate Change
Ministry of Environment (KLH – Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup) since two years ago has run Kampung Iklim Programme (ProKlim) as one of the real movement to reduce 26% carbon emissions in 2020. This Program is the government appreciation to the community at neighbourhood/hamlet/village level who has committed adaptation and mitigation efforts to climate change. Deputy III […]
Norwegian Government Reviews REDD+ Programme
The Norwegian government represented by the Minister of Climate and the Environment, Tine Sundtoft visiting Indonesia to review the development of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). On her visit on 22-25 April, Sundtoft will hold a meeting with all stakeholders from the environment and forestry affairs, both central and local level. He […]
Dry Season Comes Faster, Jerowaru Got Drought
Residents in District Jerowaru, East Lombok, since two weeks ago had difficulty of getting clean water. The clean water shortages experienced in the three villages, namely Batu Nampar, Pengoros and Pare Mas. Chief of Dept. of Social and Civil Population NTB suspect this is due to the dry season comes faster, usually the dry season […]
Environmental Law Enforcement Sector Should be Emphasized
“There is no fire due to dry weather, 98 % investigation result, fire land caused because there’s someone who burns, said Sudariyono, Deputy of Legal Environment, Ministry of Environment (MOE) on the morning discussions at the BBPT Jakarta (15/4). MOE is currently working in law enforcement related cases land burning in Riau since June 2013. […]
Party celebration Sending Wrong Message
Feels amazing, see key locations of the world, suddenly turning off the lights at the same time, Friday (28/3). The action is a real efforts to reduce the burden of the world through the use of energy. Political researcher from Sweden, Bjorn Lomborg said, the lights turn off activity (earth hour) just be a small […]
Eleven provinces agree to implement REDD+
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Eleven provinces selected to conduct a consultation and consolidation of the implementation of REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) at the Implementing Agency (IA) of REDD+ office, Jakarta, April, 2-3. That eleventh IA REDD+ partner provinces are Aceh, Riau, West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East […]
Equity Remains Low on the REDD+ Policy Agenda
Government officials in forest-rich developing countries are more concerned about their nation being treated fairly in international negotiations on REDD+ than about fairness within their own territory, a media analysis of public discourses on REDD+ has found. Officials’ failure to address the issues that weaken fairness, or equity, within a country with entrenched inequalities could […]
[:id]Nyepi, Tradisi Konservasi Berusia 2000 Tahun
Selain Earth Hour yang dikenal dunia, orang Bali ternyata punya tradisi konservasi energi melalui Hari Raya Nyepi sejak 2000 tahun lalu. Kini mereka juga punya Nyepi Segara untuk memulihkan kualitas sumberdaya laut dan pesisir. Di penghujung Maret ini, dunia akan merayakan indahnya konservasi. Acara hemat energi versi WWF yakni Earth Hour digelar pada malam tanggal 29 […]