THE SECRETARY GENERAL: "MESSAGE ON THE WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT , 17 June 2010"

24/06/2010 09:15

More than one billion poor and vulnerable people living in the world's drylands, where efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals face particular challenges and thus have lagged behind.

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Press Release: "Reaffirm Commitment to Combating Desertification and Land Degradation"

24/06/2010 09:10

17 June 2010. Only six to ten inches of topsoil stands between us and extinction. But only now are we starting to comprehend how the tiny life forms in soil sustain productivity and the greater environmental balance, says Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification based in Bonn, Germany.

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One Billion Indonesian Trees

14/06/2010 10:00

  • Minister of Forestry Regulation Number: P.21/Menhut-II/2010
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    Reversing the trend of Natural Forest Depletion

    22/04/2010 01:56

    Ecosystem restoration is a new model of conservation and forest management that aims to avoid further deforestation and degradation of Indonesia’s natural forests, hence reversing the current trend of forest degradation and clearance. In addition to preventing further emissions of greenhouse gases from forest degradation, the process would also increase carbon sequestration in the long run as the ecosystem is restored. Given the vast area of production forests that exist in Indonesia, concessions for ecosystem restoration provide a new and innovative way to conserve rainforests and store carbon.

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    MINISTER OF FORESTRY REGULATION No: P.61/Menhut-II/2008

    22/04/2010 01:55

    MINISTER OF FORESTRY REGULATION No: P.61/Menhut-II/2008
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    Indonesia and Australia announce A$30 million Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership

    On March 1st, 2010, the Minister for Climate Change and Water of Australia, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, and the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia, HE Mr. Zulkifli Hasan announced the establishment of the A$30 million Indonesia-Australia Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership is a significant expansion of existing joint action by Australia and Indonesia on reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), within the framework of the Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership agreed by Prime Minister Rudd and President Yudhoyono in June 2008.

    MoF’s Hawk Brigade Caught and Arrested the Owner of 17 Protected Wildlife Items

    MoF’s hawk brigade in cooperation with Anti Wildlife Trade Forum and Directorate of Special Crime of the Polda Metro Jaya on 7 August 2009 caught and arrested WARDI IKHSAN SULUH, the owner and  wildlife stuff maker at his house in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta.

    Prince Akhisino visited Biotechnology Research and Forest Plantation Improvement Office

    Office of Biotechnology Research and Forest Plantation Improvement was built through JICA cooperation and ianugurated by Emperor Akihito and Queen Michiko in 1992. Prince Akhisino who is visiting Indonesia is the son of Emperor Akihito and Queen Michiko