Indonesia
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Three decades of tenure reform in Indonesia
A recent handover of customary land rights in Indonesia is the product of a decades-long drive led by local communities,…
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Tenure reform: Lessons from the Global South
Over the past two decades, a global trend has seen increasing recognition of the rights of communities and local governments…
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What’s next for customary forests in Indonesia?
A recent handover of customary land rights from the Indonesian government to indigenous peoples has been hailed as a milestone…
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Bioenergy in Indonesia
Research on bioenergy is in high demand in Indonesia, where the sector is seen as a potential way forward for…
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Nazir Foead: ‘The keyword for us is cooperation’
Nazir Foead is the head of Indonesia’s newly established Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG). The agency was appointed by President Joko…
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Growing new energy
Siti Maimunah deftly steps out of a shallow canoe, stamps though the undergrowth and enters a cleared field, surveying the…
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Tax amnesty, the green economy and peat restoration
The Indonesian government seeks to collect USD 13 billion from its tax amnesty program this year, says the country’s Finance…
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on…
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Indonesia: Biofuels from palm oil and power from tree plantations?
These questions were raised at a recent national stakeholders workshop co-organized by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and…
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REDD+ region
Asia-Pacific nations are some of the world’s most vulnerable to the effects of global climate change. Rising sea levels, extreme…
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Eat your vegetation
Children need a healthy diet to grow strong bodies and minds, and to protect against deadly infections. In Indonesia, getting…
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Backwards from gender equality: Oil palm’s impact on Dayak women
Pe Ligit* has witnessed massive changes in her lifetime, as waves of migration, logging and oil palm development have transformed…
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What do locals think of large-scale tree plantations?
Large-scale tree plantations are expanding worldwide, and so are the controversies they trigger. Tree plantations in the tropics are frequently…
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On land and in space, understanding the impacts of fires
To measure greenhouse gas emissions from the fires in maritime Southeast Asia in 2015, a variety of methods and expertise…
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Balancing Transparency and Non-State Actors in the Climate Negotiations
In the lead-up to the first formal UNFCCC Subsidiary Body meeting since the Paris Agreement (PA), there was palpable anticipation…
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