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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 05/26/2011 8:00 AM Environmental activists have raised concern that businesses will focus on securing permits to convert secondary forests, because a recently imposed moratorium on forest conversion only covers primary forests.
Palm oil producers, who are a major force in the nation’s forestry sector, have said that the recently signed forest-clearing moratorium does not allow them to operate on degraded land located in areas designated as primary forest areas.
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Fri, May 20 2011 13:51 | 262 Views (ANTARA/FB Anggoro) Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has already signed a presidential regulation that imposes a moratorium on forest clearing activity, according to Agus Purnomo , a presidential aide for climate change affairs.
"The President has said he signed a presidential regulation declaring a moratorium on forest clearing activity," Agus Purnomo said here Thursday.
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Rhett Butler, San Francisco, California | Mon, 05/16/2011 10:32 AM | Opinion, The Jakarta Post Deep in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo in the late 1980s, researchers made an incredible discovery: The bark of a species of peat swamp tree yielded an extract with potent anti-HIV activity. But when the scientists returned to the site to collect more material for analysis, they were shocked to find the tree, and its promise, gone.
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Kamis, 19 Mei 2011 22:52 WIB | 709 Views Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Staf Khusus Presiden Bidang Perubahan Iklim, Agus Purnomo mengatakan, Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono telah menandatangani Peraturan Presiden mengenai moratorium hutan, Kamis.
"Presiden mengatakan beliau sudah menandatangani Perpres moratorium hutan tadi pagi (kamis)," kata Agus Purnomo yang dihubungi di Jakarta, Kamis.
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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Palangkaraya | Thu, 05/12/2011 7:00 AM | National Mitigating forest fires: Visitors observe a sluice gate in a river in Sebangau National Park in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, in this photo file. The sluice gate is necessary to retain water to use to fight forest fires. National parks are among the targets of the government’s REDD Plus projects. JP/Wendra Ajistyatama Local residents of Pulang Pisau village in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, exhibited their hand-made products of woven bamboo and traditional medicines at the local subdistrict office.
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