Climate change & energy
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Securing rights of indigenous peoples and local communities may curb global warming
Implementing a coordinated global response to curb demand for energy and eliminate further deforestation would reduce the need to deploy…
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New Papua Atlas tracks impact of plantations, roads on forests
Thanks to its remote location and sparse population, Indonesian Papua, on the western side of the island of New Guinea,…
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Global bio-economic transformation: What does it mean for forests?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — Crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms — in the bio-economy, these are the basic building…
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Bioenergy: A solution to three problems?
Indonesia’s riddle of how to balance environmental responsibility with its rapid development – and the energy and manpower needed to…
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How to nurture the growth of Indonesian biodiesel
Indonesia’s bioenergy production is still relatively low despite the country’s reputation as the largest producer of palm oil in the…
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The future of wetlands: We’ve been warned
At the Rio conference 25 years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists – which included 1,700 leading researchers, a number…
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Can a jurisdictional approach boost sustainability?
Conserving and restoring tropical forests could represent over a quarter of the near-term solution to addressing climate change. And because…
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Why the drone buzz is getting louder
In 2012, peer-reviewed journal Tropical Conservation Science ran an article announcing the ‘dawn of drone ecology,’ hailing the aerial technology…
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Steady as Murdiyarso goes
On 28 June 2004, Indonesia’s environment minister Nabiel Makarim opened the Indonesian parliament (DPR) public hearing by holding up a…
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How to save Indonesia’s last seasonal forests
Indonesia is down to its last tropical seasonal forests – and they’re entirely unprotected. The forests are found in the…
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On the road back from ‘safari science’ to embedded collaboration
Sitting in a session at the 15th Conference of the Parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change…
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How far has Indonesia come on peatland conservation and restoration?
The joint need to protect remaining peatlands while restoring degraded lands resounded throughout the Tropical Peatlands Exchange, held at the…
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Governing blue carbon – and all that it entails
The banks of the Ciliwung River are not grounds for Jakarta’s most desired real estate, as is the case for…
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A brief explainer of the blue economy
Carbon-rich coastal ecosystems are rocketing to the forefront of global actions on climate change, and uncomfortable terms like “plastic oceans”…
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Benefit-sharing mechanisms: Barking up the wrong tree?
As the quest to protect and restore forests advances and evolves, the age-old question of “who gets what?” seems as…
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