Topic: Indonesia
Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer pledged on Wednesday to follow new standards to protect carbon-rich forests and peatlands, in a move cautiously welcomed by environmentalists including Greenpeace.Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) and its subsidiary SMART, part of the Sinar Mas group, said it would ...
Indonesia admitted Tuesday that hundreds of mine and plantation companies are operating illegally on Borneo island, and promised to beef up law enforcement to protect forests and threatened species.The forestry ministry made the startling admission that less than 20 percent of plantation ...
Indonesia has chosen its Borneo island to conduct a pilot project aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, as part of a deal with Norway, an official said Thursday.Norway agreed in May to contribute up to a billion dollars to help ...
The seasonal nature and pattern of Southeast Asia's rainfall, as well as the region's physiography, have strongly affected the development of natural vegetation. Deciduous forests are found in eastern Indonesia and those parts of the mainland where annual rainfall does not exceed ...
Walk through the jagged stumps and stubble of a forest clear-cut, and you probably won't see any small animals, or hear birds singing. Whether you are hiking deforested areas in the temperate forests of British Columbia or the tropical forests of Amazonia, ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia could match Brazil's success in slowing deforestation but needs far more aid from rich nations such as the United States, Japan and the European Union, Norway's environment minister said on Monday.Norway has signed a $1 billion climate deal ...
The last few days have been dreary here in the Missouri Ozarks. " - Jacques-Yves Cousteau "In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day. " -Jacques Cousteau - 1991, UNESCO Courier In March, 1996, it was reported ...
Round table?on Sustainable Palm oil has been constituted to protect the forest land in countries where these forest are being destroyed for palm oil plantation and keep interest of all stake holders in entire supply chain of palm oil such as producers ...
The rain forrests on our planet are still being depleted at an alarming rate.The Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations, say that deforestation has dropped over the last decade. to Costa Rica], per year.Although some countries have increased their % ...
Indonesia denied on Thursday that flash floods in the remote area of Papua that killed at least 148 people were caused by rampant deforestation.Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the flooding in West Papua province's Teluk Wondama district last Monday was caused by ...
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