Indonesia
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Fire and haze: Laws and regulations
Local laws and regulations banning the clearing and burning of peatlands have sprung up across Indonesia since President Joko Widodo…
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A promising (but uncertain) future for tenure rights devolution
Over the past two decades, communities across the developing world have secured stronger rights to manage their forests, carried by…
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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Changing landscapes: From forests to food
The growing demand for food — demand that is expected to double by 2050 — has led to widespread agricultural…
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In Indonesia, finding the right ways to fight fire and haze
On the eve of talks in Pekanbaru, Riau, on best practices to prevent fire and haze, Center for International Forestry…
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Community participation as a REDD+ safeguard
When making decisions about land use, involving diverse members of the community can help ensure fairer outcomes for all and…
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FLEGT in Indonesia: An interview with Sulthon M. Amin
Many timber-based businesses in Indonesia made a smooth transition to the European Union’s FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade)…
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FLEGT in Indonesia: An interview with Charles-Michel Geurts
The introduction of FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing in Indonesia has opened access for businesses of all…
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FLEGT in Indonesia: An interview with Victoria Simanungkalit
The Indonesian government is the first to adopt the European Union’s new FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing…
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Ann Jeannette Glauber of World Bank: ‘Indonesia’s 2015 fires cost twice as much as tsunami clean-up’
How can sustainable landscape management attract more finance towards sustainable rehabilitation, peatland restoration and conservation? How can we best mobilize…
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Living in a toxic haze
Peatland fires in Indonesia push scale-topping figures. Kalimantan alone produced greater levels of carbon emissions than the entire European Union…
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Peatland fire policy: From past to present
Almost two decades after the devastating Indonesian wildfires of 1997-1998 drew international attention and prompted a wave of management attempts,…
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Local law and order
On the outskirts of Dompas village in Riau province, a group of men is peeling back the black earth with…
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Rewetting Indonesia’s peatlands
Experts from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) have been working with the local community in Dompas village, Riau…
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Fending off the flames
The land fires that swept through Indonesia in 2015 burned some 2.6 million hectares, with the resulting haze causing health…
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