Posted on 13 May 2009 by takecover08
In the last decade, Asian farmers have cleared tens of thousands of square miles of forests to accommodate the world’s growing demand for palm oil, an increasingly popular food ingredient, reports Science Daily.
Ancient peatlands have been drained and lush tropical forests have been cut down.
As a result, the landscape of equatorial Asia now lies [...]
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Posted on 10 March 2009 by takecover08
An Indonesian district in West Java, Garut, has started a unique program to support reforestation.
Mongabay.com reports that any couple planning to get married must give 10 trees to local authorities for reforestation efforts before the marriage will be legally sanctioned.
But it’s not just married couples that must support reforestation. Couples filing for divorce must [...]
Filed under: tree planting, twiglet | Tagged: biodiversity, deforestation, divorce, ecology, environment, forest, gurat, indonesia, marriage, newly weds, planting, reforestation, trees, west java | 1 Comment »
Posted on 25 February 2009 by takecover08
Severe fires in Indonesia – responsible for some of the worst air quality conditions worldwide – are linked not only to drought, but also to changes in land use and population density, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.
“During the late 1970s, Indonesian Borneo changed from being highly fire-resistant to highly fire-prone during drought [...]
Filed under: agroforestry, carbon, forest fires, natural disasters, tropical timber | Tagged: forest fires, indonesia, borneo, deforestation, pollution, tropical forests, timber, environment, wildfires, oil palm, fires, land use change, biofuels, eurekalert, university of toronto, nature geoscience, air pollution, haze, fire resistance | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 20 February 2009 by takecover08
A group of scientists are developing more accurate drought and harvest forecasts for Indonesia using tree rings, historic rice production figures and sea surface temperature data, the Reuters news agency reports.
Indonesia is one of the world’s most populous nations and a major producer of rice, cocoa, coffee and tobacco.
But the country is regularly at risk [...]
Filed under: climate change, natural disasters, research | Tagged: cocoa, coffee, crop production, drought, el nino, indian ocean dipole, indonesia, java, lamont-doherty earth observatory, old-growth forests, precipitation, productivity, reuters, rice, rosanne d'arrigo, teat, tobacco, trees | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 17 February 2009 by takecover08
The Indonesian government will allow developers to convert millions of hectares of land for oil palm plantations, reports Mongabay.com.
The decision threatens to undermine Indonesia’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use and fashion itself as a leader on the environment among tropical countries.
Gatot Irianto, head of research and development for the Agriculture [...]
Filed under: biodiversity, carbon, climate change, deforestation, sequestration | Tagged: carbon cycle, carbon sink, drainage, fires, forest fires, indonesia, leicester university, mongabay.com, oil palm, palm, peat, peat fires, peatlands, slash and burn, tropical deforestation, uk, water, weltands | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 26 January 2009 by takecover08
High coffee prices were responsible for a marked increase in deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, say researchers in a report in Mongabay.com.
But they added that law enforcement efforts could deter deforestation in protected areas, despite high pressure from agricultural expansion.
The study was assessing the effectiveness of conservation in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park [...]
Filed under: deforestation, illegal logging, research | Tagged: agriculture, bukit barisan selantan national park, cofee, deforestation, durrell institute of conservation and ecology, environment, indonesia, law enforcement, legislation, mongabay.com, plantations, regulation, rising prices, sumatra, tropical forests, wildlife conservation society, wwf | 1 Comment »
Posted on 14 December 2008 by takecover08
The UK and Indonesian governments have signed a deal to establish a working group focusing on climate change and the environment, a press release from the UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change has announced.
The group aims to improve forest conservation, develop renewable energy sources, promote energy efficiency measures, as well as working with communities [...]
Filed under: climate change, climate negotiations | Tagged: climate change, ed miliband, forest protection, indonesia, reddd, uk | 1 Comment »
Posted on 8 October 2008 by takecover08
The Indonesian government and conservation group WWF have announced a commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra, the world’s sixth-largest island, which holds some of the most diverse and endangered forests, a press release by the green group anounced.
They wrote:
Sumatra is the only place on Earth where tigers, elephants, orangutans and [...]
Filed under: conservation | Tagged: deal, forest conservation, indonesia, iucn, rainforest, sumatra, tropical forest, wwf | 2 Comments »
Posted on 16 August 2008 by takecover08
A province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has pledged to stop destruction of its forests and peatlands in an effort to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation by 50% by 2009, Mongabay.com reports.
Riau’s governor announced the temporary ban, which will remain in place until signed into law, at a ceremony in the province’s capital Pekanbaru.
“The [...]
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Posted on 10 August 2008 by takecover08
The number of forest fires on Indonesian Borneo has nearly doubled due to land clearing amid fears that hazy skies could return to the region, news agency AFP reports Indonesian official as saying.
Forest fires from Indonesia caused by traditional farming methods have been blamed for the choking haze that shrouds the region each year during [...]
Filed under: forest fires | Tagged: borneo, forest fires, indonesia | Leave a Comment »
