Why Nature is More than a Carbon Sink

... story. In landscapes like Indonesia’s tropical swamp forests, ... a laboratory for tropical peatland science, leveraging on and ... of the last intact peatland forests. It is also ... for landscape protection and restoration, funding additional forest conservation ...

Government-Business Partnership to Protect Sumatra’s Peat Ecosystem

... ecosystem restoration program, Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER). During a session at Indonesia ... Indonesia Experience: Government-Business Partnerships on Conservation and Sustainable Management of Peatland ... and advancing knowledge on tropical peatland science.

COP 26: Public-Private Collaborations Key to Climate Goals Funding and Implementation

... APRIL Group’s forest ecosystem restoration program, Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER ... approximately 150,000 hectares of peatland forest on the east coast ... million seedlings for Indonesia’s national reforestation and restoration efforts, particularly in ...

Combating Climate Change: Indonesia’s Deforestation Hits Historic Low

... (UNEP) executive director, is optimistic Indonesia’s deforestation rate will continue ... FAO representative and interim for Indonesia, applauded the declining deforestation and ... as conservation and restoration on 16 million-hectare of peatland. As well ...

When Paper Producers Meet Balance between Environment and Business

... which are located in ecosystem restoration, logging and pulpwood concessions,” ... percent. To advance tropical peatland science, APRIL has recently ... set up a tropical peatland science hub at the ... product (GDP). Last year, Indonesia forest industry set a positive ...

What’s APRIL’s Next Move Towards Sustainability?

... wildlife protection and conservation in Indonesia, including of endangered species, in ... International on the Riau Ecosystem Restoration (RER) initiative. APRIL also extends ... -protection approach. A new tropical peatland science hub has been established ...

Private Sector Involvement Crucial for Climate Resilience: IBCSD

... resilience, according to the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development ... Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Indonesia also vowed to reduce greenhouse ... four-phase model of peatland forest protection, restoration, and conservation using a ...

Food Estate Project: New Ecological Disaster Brewing in Kalimantan

... national emissions. Eighty percent of Indonesia's emission reduction efforts focus ... also potential overlaps with existing peatland restoration and conservation projects funded by ... ongoing memorandum of understanding with Indonesia need to review the potential ...

Gov't Claims Success in Reducing Forest Fires

... Environment and Forestry Ministry, the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) and the Public ... percent of the regions in Indonesia. In May, the number had ...

Private Sector Involvement, a Key Driving Force for SDGs

... -2024 plan (RPJMN), including peatland restoration. Businesses such as pulp and ... 15 – has targeted peatland and biodiversity restoration. Following COP21 in Paris ... the largest peatland restoration programs funded by the private sector in Indonesia. Meanwhile ...