Few studies have attempted to address the carbon emissions resulting from the degradation of tropical forests. Selective forest logging represents an important form of degradation of tropical forests, and may lead to future deforestation of the area by providing accessibility to these areas. This study focus on quantifying the carbon impacts from selective logging operations in four different forest concessions in the Berau district in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The net impact of selective logging on the forest carbon stocks was estimated by:
In past posts I’ve referenced the concept of “seeing is believing” – it’s nearly impossible to understand the extent of a company’s sustainability efforts until you see it first hand, well the same holds true for a government.
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has called on WWF International to disassociate itself from a report by Sumatra-based NGO ‘Eyes on the Forest ’ (EOF) which contains ‘clearly false’ allegations regarding the company’s operations.
Norway has been accused of climate hypocrisy in Indonesia, where it has won plaudits for financing forest protection even as its state pension fund allegedly secures even greater revenues from logging, plantations, mining and other environmentally destructive practices.
Conservation groups say Norway’s sovereign wealth fund – thought to be the largest in the world – should set a better example of ethical investment in a country that is experiencing some of the world’s worst deforestation problems.
Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan. With millions of hectares of forests being cleared each year to make way for palm-oil plantations, even illegal loggers are now starting to see the impact of dwindling rainforests in Indonesia.
Unlike previous years when illegal loggers were spotted with top quality wood, the National Police this year have only been able to seize low quality goods during a series of raids conducted between Nov. 8 and Nov. 26.
A long-running violent dispute between the world’s largest teak producer and Indonesian forest communities has been resolved, resulting in the recertification of two Indonesian forest districts by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
While a number of researchers and organizations in the US and internationally have highlighted the potential impacts of mitigation efforts on tenure, there remains minimal information and best practice on how to practically address these issues at the field level. Emerging interventions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhance forest carbon stocks (REDD+) pose potential opportunities and risks for the rights of rural populations in developing countries.
The Ulu Masen project was developed by the Provincial Government of Aceh with the assistance of Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and the carbon brokerage firm, Carbon Conservation. On achieving the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standard, the government of Aceh completed a pre-purchase agreement with Merril Lynch (now Bank of America), whereby the bank agreed to purchase eventual certified emission reductions at a price of four dollars per ton of avoided carbon dioxide emissions.
The world has eagerly watched as Indonesia pilots public and private investments to curb the country’s massive forest losses while still meeting economic development goals. But conflicting interests between the nation’s leadership turned ugly last month when a leading forest conservation project in Central Kalimantan was halved to offer a concession to a palm oil company.
‘Custom Keepers’ in a district of Kalimantan are calling on the Indonesian president to stop a carbon-offset project in in the customary lands of the Dayak people.
We, the undersigned Mantir Adat (Custom Keepers) of Kadamangan Mantangai in the District of Kapuas in Central Kalimantan, met and had serious discussions on 7-8 June 2011 at the village of Katunjung in the sub-district of Mantangai.
