Forestry
Taking Up the Green Gauntlet
Policy, organization and financial instruments to mitigate the impact of climate change in Indonesia are now in place.All that is needed is strong leadership and solid political will to battle the biggest obstacle of all: corruption.
October 5, 2011
AT the Forests Indonesia Conference last week, organized by the Bogor-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), it was made quite clear that Indonesia today is well-equipped to address environmental and socioeconomic problems related to the destructive impact of climate change from massive forest destructionand the extensive illegal and unproductive use of land.
The pressure on Indonesia to take drastic measures can no longer be ig
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