Indonesia’s leader says he will dedicate final years of his presidency to protect rainforest
JAKARTA, Indonesia (27 September, 2011)_Indonesia’s President has vowed to dedicate the last three years of his administration to safeguarding his…
5 min readOn eve of major forestry conference, Indonesia’s President issues decree to cut GHG emissions
JAKARTA, Indonesia (26 September, 2011)_Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday issued a decree with a national action plan to…
6 min readWhen a Lie Comes to Life
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 September, 2011)_Douglas Sheil and I launched CoFCCloT in August 2011. A Google search for CoFCCloT results in…
2 min readIndonesia calls for public to improve moratorium map
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 August 2011)_ The Indonesian government is calling for public participation to help improve a map of primary forests…
2 min readIndonesian Ministry releases revised moratorium map
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 July, 2011)_A revised Moratorium Indicative Map was released by the Ministry of Forestry in Indonesia this week.…
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Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium—Analyzing the numbers
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 June, 2011)_The Indonesian president’s office has stated that the moratorium on new forest concessions, announced last month,…
11 min readTaking care of man’s closest relatives
MELBOURNE, Australia (19 June, 2011)_50 years ago, there were at least one million chimpanzees living in the equatorial forest belt…
3 min readStudying the impacts of development in Indonesia
BOGOR, Indonesia (4 May, 2011)_CIFOR’s research in Indonesia’s Papua province has contributed to a reconsideration of the extent and pace…
2 min readHow remote sensing can help protect forests
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M1Ewh1gP8wBOGOR, Indonesia (1 June, 2011)_Scientists and policy makers are utilizing the latest technology in aerial and space imagery to access…
3 min readReducing forestry emissions in Indonesia
BOGOR, Indonesia (31 May, 2011)_When negotiators from Jakarta and Oslo started working out the terms of a ‘Letter of Intent’…
2 min readRainforest activist reported killed months after predicting own disappearance
MELBOURNE, Australia (26 May, 2011)_An advocate for sustainable use of Amazonian rainforests has been killed, just months after predicting he…
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How Indonesia can ensure sustainable growth
By Agus PurnomoJAKARTA, Indonesia (25 May, 2011)_Indonesia cannot carry on as if it’s business as usual. Climate change calls for…
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