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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