Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has stated the potential of rainfall on Riau hotspots is still in minimum scale. Bright and smoky weather were still dominating several regions. [Read full text on Tempo]
The story of a village that was hit by drought, disease, and water difficulty, turned into a healthy village with abundant clean water. Water has made them achieve many things. Surprisingly, who became pioneer are children. The rainy season should have been passed in Lembata and the sun shining properly burns the skin. But Dikesare, […]
A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) carbon emissions allows researchers and practitioners to better manage forest inventories, its creators say. The Forest Carbon Database (FCDB) can be used to share measurements of carbon pools — reservoirs with the capacity to store and release carbon, the chemical basis of all known life […]
REDD+ pilot project implementation in Central Kalimantan was criticized by Friends of the Earth, because it did not accommodate the community. Kuntoro promised to engage them in a discussion. “I have not read their report but we will invite them (for a discussion),” he says accompanied by Vice Head of REDD+ Task Force Heru Prasetyo […]
Based on OSIRIS (Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentives Spreadsheet) modeling analysis result, Climate Change National Council concludes that Indonesia has 2.2 billion US$ of investment in carbon market with average price around 10 US$ per tCO2e. This prediction is based on OSIRIS analysis based on observed deforestation in 2000-2005 in Indonesia of 687.000 hectare […]
