[greenlifestyle] [artikel ] Q+A: Indonesia Issues Draft Rules On Forest Clearing

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Menhut Menyiapkan Dua Buah PP
07-Jul-2010
Rabu, 7 Juli 2010 | 03:44 WIB

Jakarta, Kompas - Untuk mengatur pelaksanaan kebijakan pemerintah dalam melakukan moratorium lahan hutan primer dan hutan gambut menjadi kawasan perkebunan kelapa sawit, Kementerian Kehutanan akan mempersiapkan dua peraturan pemerintah.Kedua peraturan pemerintah (PP) tersebut akan mengatur moratorium konversi perkebunan kelapa sawit dari hutan primer dan moratorium konversi perkebunan kelapa sawit dari hutan gambut.Demikian disampaikan Menteri Kehutanan Zulkifli Hasan saat menjawab pers seusai menghadiri syukuran Hari Bhayangkara Ke-64 Kepolisian Negara RI di Lapangan PTIK, Jakarta, Selasa (6/7).

 

Q+A: Indonesia Issues Draft Rules On Forest Clearing
07-Jul-2010
Date: 07-Jul-10
Country: INDONESIA
Author: Sunanda Creagh and Yayat Supriatna

Indonesia has drafted rules for a two-year ban on permits for forest clearing, after signing a $1 billion climate aid deal with Norway aimed at avoiding greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.The plan has implications for resource firms looking to expand in the world's largest producer of thermal coal and palm oil, such as Wilmar, Indofood Agri Resources and Bumi Resources.

 

Greece Seeks Regional Deal To Aid UN Climate Talks
07-Jul-2010
Date: 07-Jul-10
Country: GREECE
Author: Alister Doyle

Greece is pushing for a Mediterranean initiative on climate change that could show a way to breathe life into stalled global climate talks, its environment minister said."The most important thing is to create regional alliances," minister Tina Birbili told Reuters in an interview.Greece is working on an initiative by Mediterranean nations to forge a common stance, a shift from working only in the European Union. The Mediterranean area is set to get drier this century, bringing problems of heatwaves and water shortages.