Indigenous people welcome Jokowi's climate speech
December 02 2015, 2:57 PM
An indigenous people’s community has applauded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's speech at the UN Climate Conference, COP21, in Paris, which cited the role of indigenous people in the fight against climate change.
The Alliance of Indigenous People’s (AMAN) secretary-general, Abdon Nababan, said on Monday in Paris that Jokowi's speech at the international climate change forum surprised the community. - See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/12/02/indigenous-people-welcome-jokowis-climate-speech.html#sthash.HaMlBjvo.dpuf
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Joko to Introduce Forestry Reforms, Moratorium at Climate Change Summit
Jakarta. President Joko Widodo will introduce Indonesia's plans to reform the way it manages its forest and peatland at the annual conference of parties on climate change in Paris this week, as it sets an ambitious target to reduce carbon emissions by 29 percent by 2030.
Joko was scheduled to issue a regulation on peat management before heading to Paris, according to Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar. But as he departed at 9.45 a.m. on Sunday, it became clear that the draft regulation will be introduced at the summit, where Indonesia is expected to answer some tough questions regarding the recent wildfire in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
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Jokowi to sign peat land decree before COP21
Hans Nicholas Jong, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, November 25 2015, 5:02 PM
In wake of the recent forest fires that razed more than 2 million hectares of land in Indonesia, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo plans to issue a government regulation (PP) on restoration, conservation and rehabilitation of peatland.
Presidential special envoy for climate change Rachmat Witoelar said on Tuesday that a draft of the regulation was currently being prepared by the government.
“[The PP] will be signed soon,” he told reporters after a meeting at the Environment and Forestry Ministry to prepare Indonesian delegates for the UN climate talks slated for next week.
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Haze, a test of palm oil dominance
Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta | Opinion | Tue, November 24 2015, 4:37 PM
egions in recent weeks. Will the government’s sense of urgency in tackling the annual problem also recede? One may fear so.
Despite months of serious efforts to address the fires, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration hasn’t established concrete measures to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations through slash-and-burn practices, the main cause of the problem.
It is not rocket science to understand why that is.
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How to save Indonesia’s life-supporting forests ?
Edi Purwanto and Soren Moestrup, Jakarta | Opinion | Mon, November 23 2015, 4:39 PM
Once again, catastrophic forest and land fires in Indonesia have become a hot issue in the national and international press. Haze from Sumatra to Papua has been creating massive problems in Indonesia and in its neighboring countries.
While billions of US dollars have been spent to mitigate the calamity, it was proven that the only effective way of curbing these disasters was natural rainfall. Rainfall has once again acted as the solution to the haze problem.
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Indonesia’s climate plan: Any hope through the haze?
Yani Saloh, Jakarta | Opinion | Mon, November 23 2015, 4:36 PM
A week before the critical Paris climate talks, Indonesia became the world’s top greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter due to the huge recent forest and peatland fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua. Before the fires, Indonesia was already the world’s fifth-largest GHG emitter.
The Paris talks are the last chance for countries to agree on how to tackle GHG emissions beyond 2020. The goal is to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2 degrees Celsius. Most countries have already submitted their plans for 2020 onward, known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC).
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Indonesia bans peatlands destruction after fires hospitalised 500,000
The president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, has ordered the restoration of burned peatlands and banned their clearance after disastrous fires caused severe pollution and hospitalised roughly 500,000 people in recent weeks.
The ruling is in response to recent fires that polluted skies across Southeast Asia, and released about 1.7 billion tonnes of carbon.
Widodo has banned the clearance and conversion of carbon-dense peatlands across Indonesia through a series of presidential and ministerial instructions issued over the last two-and-a-half weeks.
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After prolonged haze issues, Riau faces floods as rains begin - See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/17/after-prolonged-haze-issues-riau-faces-floods-rains-begin.html#sthash.nf96bgjj.dpuf
Rizal Harahap, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru | Archipelago | Tue, November 17 2015
Riau is now free of haze after continuous downpours for almost two weeks, but floods are looming along with the approaching rainy season. Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) head Sugarin said the rainy season in Riau would last until the end of the year.
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Govt to restore damaged peatlands
Hans Nicholas Jong, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, November 18 2015
The government is gearing up to restore as many as 2 million hectares of peatlands destroyed through decades of mismanaged oil palm plantations.
The Environment and Forestry Ministry said on Tuesday that the government had finished mapping the entire peatland ecosystem in Indonesia, which would serve as the base map of the five-year peatland restoration project.
“If we look at Sumatra, we want to look at where the peatland area is. What are their sizes?
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Government Draws Up Blueprint for Restoration of Peat Forests
Jakarta. The Environment and Forestry Ministry plans to complete Indonesia’s landmark blueprint for nationwide restoration of burned peat areas as part of the government’s mitigation and prevention efforts following the worst fires in recent memory.
“My office is taking on the biggest task in forming the framework [for peat restoration] and I will try to finish it in the next two or three days so I can discuss it with the National Development Planning Agency [Bappenas] and the chief economics minister,” Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar told reporters at a discussion in Jakarta on Tuesday.
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