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REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

Indonesia needs law on climate change: Walhi

The environmental non-government organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) has urged the government to ...

Indonesia Plays Dual Roles in Climate Change Issues

As an archipelagic country with vast forests and maritime areas, Indonesia is unique as it is most vulnerable to the ...

Indonesia`s rain forest agency set to be in full swing

A new agency to protect Indonesias rainforests is ready to begin work to implement a first of its kind environmental ...

West Aceh shrouded in smoke after peatland fire

West Aceh District of Aceh Province is shrouded in smoke after peatlands in the region caught fire due to illegal land ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

Moratorium Extension Needed For Better Forest Governance

A tag of war between environmental groups and forest industrialists have resumed as Indonesia`s regulation on a ...

Minister confirms extension of forest moratorium

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has confirmed that the forest moratorium based on Presidential Instruction No 10/2011 ...

Australian envoy for climate change visits C Kalimantan

Australian Ambassador for Climate Change Justin Lee visited an Australia-funded REDD+ pilot project in Palangkaraya, ...

Indonesia govt denies report on increased deforestation rate

The government has declared that a report regarding the country`s loss of almost 5 million hectares of forest and ...

RI loses 4.9 mln ha despite forest moratorium

Indonesia has lost some 4.9 million hectares of its forests and peatlands, it was found during a revision of the ...

Jakarta to issue improved moratorium map

The Chair of Indonesia`s REDD+ task force said that the Ministry of Forestry will this week release an updated ...

Year-ender: Deforestation Moratorium, REDD+ Decrees In Place For Forests Preservation

Hosting the world's third largest forest area, Indonesia badly needs a legal basis to  protect and preserve its ...

NGOs present forest destruction evidence to govt

Environmental NGOs consisting of Greenpeace, Walhi, KKI Warsi and WBH here Wednesday (Nov. 23) presented evidence of ...