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 ...

Jokowi to Expand Cabinet With 12 Deputy Ministers

... from the University of Indonesia and served as a ... state-owned mining holding company Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum), ... oil industry and leveraging Indonesia's huge domestic market ... deputy of the Indonesian Peatland Restoration Agency, will become the ...

WRI Seeking Developers for Community-Based Peatland Monitoring Initiative

... and visualize various aspects of peatland restoration in Indonesia. Founded in 1982, The ... hub between investors of sustainable peatland businesses, restoration actors, and researchers. The ...

Forest Restoration in Riau Going Strong

... nearby Padang Island. The total peatland restoration area is about twice the ... under 60-year ecosystem restoration licenses granted by Indonesia's Environment and ... species within the restoration area. Around 18 percent of Indonesia's bird ...

Jokowi and Prabowo Favor Image, Populist Jargon Over Detail in Second Debate

... forest fires by protecting peatland forests, and officials have ... a policy on the restoration of degraded peat forests. ... an annual problem in Indonesia, which has been struggling ... Under the incumbent's Indonesia Maju (Indonesia Moving Forward) campaign, ...

Riau Ecosystem Restoration Program Sees Return of Rare Fauna on Riau's Kampar Peninsula

... Group started its ecosystem restoration program in Indonesia’s Riau province and ... as conserving, ecologically important peatland forest within Indonesia’s Riau Province. Located ... nearby Padang Island. The total peatland restoration area is about twice the ...

Scientists Win $1m to Map Peats and Help Indonesia Tackle Wildfires

... Sensing Solutions (RSS), Indonesia's Agency for the ... other hydrological assessments for restoration purpose," said Bambang Setiadi ... and peat fires across Indonesia caused 100,000 ... "Jokowi" Widodo established the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) to restore ...