#forest degradation

Collection of forest degradation news, found 113 news.

RI forest industry`s employment hits 3.7 million

A new report by consultancy ITS Global has found that Indonesia`s forest-based industries including timber ...

RI Minister, Australian envoy launch model REDD villages in C Kalimantan

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Gregory Laurence Moriarty launched model REDD ...

Australian Ambassador meets leaders in Kalimantan

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, is visiting East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan this week to ...

Tree planting movement conducted in 23 provinces in 2011

Activities under the national tree planting movement have been carried out in 23 provinces this year to help deal with ...

Forest damage in Indonesia reduced to 0.8 percent

The Ministry of Forestry said here Thursday that forest destruction in Indonesia over the past years has decreased to ...

Forest Eleven Countries Acknowledge Communities` Role In Conservation

Forest Eleven (F-11) member countries possessing tropical forests have reaffirmed the importance of the communities` ...

Germany assists RI in forest, climate change program

Germany has committed to assisting the Indonesian government in the Forest and Climate Change program (ForClime). ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

Presidential regulation on forest clearing moratorium signed

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has already signed a presidential regulation that imposes a moratorium on forest ...

UNDP: REDD`s implementation needs support of all parties

The implementation of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program needs support ...

WWF urges policymakers to support bold forest conservation target

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is urging policymakers and business leaders to quickly back a bold target to ...

Indonesia`s mangroves need proper management

Mangrove forests - a common natural feature of tropical and subtropical coastlines - are among the most biologically ...

Mangrove Fforest conservation needed to overcome climate change

Indonesia should prioritize mangrove forest conservation as a way to overcome climate change, a researcher has said. ...

Forests can`t afford delay in moratorium`s implementation

The government is supposed to impose a moratorium on deforestation starting January 2011, but it has been delayed for ...

Redd to cut 3.5 million new jobs

The application of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) scheme in Indonesia will only ...