Biofuels may meet development needs of Sub-Saharan Africa
BOGOR, Indonesia (3 October, 2011)_Biofuel expansion has enormous potential to stimulate rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa, but ensuring local community…
4 min readNorwegian Environment Minister reassures Indonesia that forest conservation is “good for business”
JAKARTA, Indonesia (30 September, 2011)_Erik Solheim, Norwegian Minister for the Environment, reassured leaders in the Indonesian paper, pulp and palm…
3 min read‘Green treasures’ could fuel a new economic sector, says Indonesian President
JAKARTA, Indonesia (27 September 2011)_Opening the inaugural Forests Indonesia conference in Jakarta today, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called sustainable…
3 min readIndonesia’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…
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…
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