May 21, 2012
- Senegal is using mangroves for carbon credits and REDD+, something the UNEP is pushing in other countries' policies too. UNEP and GEF with Indonesia have initiated a Blue Forests Project, which seeks to standardise methodologies for carbon accounting ...
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May 17, 2012
Norway has been heavily involved in the protection of rainforests in Indonesia through the REDD+ programme. With government investment involved in the exploitation of local tribal people there is the claim of it sending mixed messages.
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REDD+ Taskforce Involvement in Indonesia... - RFP/UNDP-REDD+/003/2012. Procurement Process : RFP - Request for proposal. Office : UNDP Country Office - INDONESIA. Deadline : 31-May-12. Posted on ...
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May 15, 2012
- Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, the head of Indonesia's REDD+ task force, recently said that “Opening a plantation inside a protected swamp area has clearly broken the law.” Last week, H Azwir, the head of Nagan Raya Regency, demanded that PT ...
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May 3, 2012
The moratorium, part of the president's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) program, failed to include five million hectares of forest in maps of protected areas, said Kiki Taufik, a geographical information ...
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April 26, 2012
- On April 17, the Head of the Indonesian Government's special REDD+ Task Force, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, announced an immediate detailed investigation to determine if land allocation for palm oil plantations had been granted illegally.
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April 16, 2012
- Here, Seymour reflects on how the discourse on forests in Indonesia has advanced since 1986, and addresses the current issues of REDD+ funding, carbon trading, and the logging moratorium. This edited transcript was first published by REDD-Monitor.
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April 14, 2012
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of Indonesia's REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Task Force, told the newspaper he has asked the National Land Agency (BPN) to provide a map of the Tripa area so he can investigate ...
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March 27, 2012
- With Stoltenberg, Yudhoyono discussed efforts to tackle climate change, with the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) scheme high on the agenda, Marty added. Norway has pledged at least $1 billion to support ...
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