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The REDD Project
By Barrie | 
No Comments » Indonesia’s much-anticipated REDD program — a pilot forest project to help tackle climate change — is set to be launched Thursday in Bali by the republic’s Forest Minister MS Kaban, but he said it was still unclear how exactly the project would work. REDD details mechanisms for incentives, loans and finance, but Kaban said no plans had been devised yet to measure a country’s contribution to reducing deforestation.
West Sumatra Administration: An Economic Gateway
By Barrie | No Comments » The West Sumatra administration is working to realize its vision of moving the province from agriculture to a service-based economy.The province has long intended to take steps to invite intra-provincial business and become a western gateway for Sumatra. This is partially because the province can’t compete with other regions in agriculture, as 60 percent of its lands belong to conservation zones.
Few Forestry Firms Seek Certification
By Barrie | No Comments » Forestry companies are generally still reluctant to adopt sustainable management practices because most do not see the benefits for their businesses. According to the Indonesian Ecolabeling Institute (LEI), which introduced a sustainable forestry management scheme to Indonesia in 1998, just 12 of hundreds of forestry-related companies in the country have adopted sustainable forest management practices and earned certification as a Jakarta Post article explains.
Indonesians in Focus: Abidin
By Barrie | No Comments » Set your dreams as high as the stars in the sky — but also try to keep a firm grip on reality. That has been the philosophy long followed by entrepreneur Abidin, the president director of electronics assembly company PT Sat Nusapersada, the biggest business of its type in Batam. The company, which plans to launch on the stock exchange, claims an asset base of Rp 500 billion (US$54 million).
Mangrove Park: Bali
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As a small island, Bali is prone to erosion, but protection of its vast beaches and mangrove forests, have helped save much land. The mangrove forests along Jalan Bypass Ngurai Rai to Benoa Peninsula in Nusa Dua, for example, are known as a greater forest park, said Sudrajat Wirapraja, head of the program section of the Denpasar Mangrove Forest Management Agency. The park initially had a coverage of about 1,700 hectares, but the road works and other public facilities have reduced this to 1,100 hectares.
Endangered Species in Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » The government has said it is having difficulties identifying the number of native species in danger of extinction. Director for biological diversity affairs at the Forestry Ministry, Toni Suhartono, said much of the existing information on the number of endangered species was based on predictions made before 2000.
Thousands at Risk from Volcano Lahar: Mount Guntur, West Java
By Barrie | No Comments » Thousands of people could face risk from volcanic lahar on Indonesia’s Java island as dams built to collect the material on the slopes could possibly begin to overflow, officials warned. The amount of lahar, a mix of mud and lava, from Mount Guntur in West Java has swelled after heavy rains and as locals continued to mine sand and stones, said Saut Simatupang, an official with Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation in the nearby town of Bandung an Antara News article explains.
Indigenous Languages in Danger of Disappearing
By Barrie | No Comments » Indonesia is known not only for its multiethnic richness, but also for its linguistically diversified provinces and regions. Recent documented records by the National Education Ministry indicate there are 746 indigenous languages in the country, 10 of which have died out.
Early Warning System Needs Improvement
By Barrie | No Comments » The existing early warning system to detect potential natural disasters is still ineffective, especially regarding the dissemination of information, said participants at a seminar. In a seminar on the role of information technology and communication in disaster management, a participant from Padang, West Sumatra — a province especially prone to earthquakes — called for a local early warning system that was more effective and understandable by the people.
The Link Between Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity
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Experts say the tectonic quakes that recently struck Java and Sumatra might be responsible for triggering increased activities at several volcanoes on both islands. A seismologist from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Nanang T. Puspito, said the tectonic quakes that occurred along the West Sumatra and southern Java coasts over the past week have likely increased activity in a number of volcanoes. Nanang said plate movements below the earth’s mantle could increase the pressure of the upper magma pocket of a volcano and trigger an eruption followed by volcanic quakes.
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