How much carbon stored in indigenous peoples’ territories? An analysis released this week at the climate talks in Paris concludes that 20.1 percent of the carbon stored in tropical forests around the world which owned or claimed by the indigenous people. If we consider only the tropical forests in the Amazon Basin, Mesoamerica, the Democratic […]
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said that her ministry would take stock of polluted water areas in an effort to create healthy conditions in Indonesian waters. “We will ask for data on the polluted areas in Indonesian waters that contain hazardous waste material,” the minister said on Tuesday. She said her ministry would […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Though previously denied the rumor, Heru Prasetyo, head of Indonesia’s initiative to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation, known as REDD+ agency, confirmed that he had received letter from the president instructing on merging the agency into the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, on Wednesday (28/1), in Jakarta. The Presidential Regulation, known […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Ministry of Environment and Forestry stated that it had respected Constitutional Court on granted the appeal on the 2009 Law on Environmental Protection and Management. “Ministry of Environment and Forestry accept and respect the Court decision and will make adjustment in the law to be able to implement the decision,” said Rosa […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s Constitutional Court had granted the appeal on the country’s Law on Environmental Protection and Management, on Wednesday (21/1), in Jakarta. The appeal was submitted by Bachtiar Abdul Fatah, former General Manager of Sumatra Light South on PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia, who was also convicted for bio remediation corruption case on the […]
Lima, Ekuatorial – A few days left for UN Climate Change Conference, COP20, in Lima, Peru, most of participants have started to criticize that negotiation is moving too slow. Two days before the end of the conference, no deal has been reached for any proposals. At the press conference in Lima, Todd Stern, US Special […]
Lima, Ekuatorial – Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) data, an institution under Norwegian Refugee Council, predicted 144 million of people globally have been forced to move out due to disasters related to climate change impacts between 2008-12. Most of those forced displacements were caused by typhoon, storm, flood, erosion, and drought. Lead scientist of United […]
Ekuatorial, Lima – Japan receives hard criticisms for including funding for coal-fueled power plant into Green Climate Fund (GCF) scheme. It had allegedly submit a proposal which include climate finance worth of one billion dollar (Rp 12 trillion) to GCF since 2009. The proposal had incorporated coal power plants projects. Coal is considered as biggest […]
Lima, Ekuatorial – Japan offered Joint Crediting Mechanism as clean development mechanism. More simple, faster, however its investment level is still insufficient for companies. At COP 20, Lima Climate Conference, Japanese International Cooperation Agency or JICA re-introduced Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)/Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM), as alternative carbon market to current Clean Development Mechanims (CDM) […]
Lima, Ekuatorial – Indonesia is not considered as prone to climate change as it listed in 63th from 179 countries, based on Global Climate Risk Index (GCRI) 2014, by Germanwatch, which was launched in Lima, Peru, on Tuesday (2/12). However, GCRI index, compiled between 1994 to 2003, revealed that Indonesia need to be more aware […]
