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Issue date: 
06/05/2010

Government identifies pilot projects for RI, Norway deal

The government says it has identified four forests to host potential pilot projects as part of a billion-dollar agreement signed by Indonesia and Norway to protect the country's natural forests and peatlands.

Issue date: 
25 May 2010

World Bank Approves First Climate Change Development Policy Loan

 

25 May 2010: The World Bank approved its first development policy loan dedicated to climate change mitigation and adaptation, in Indonesia.

Issue date: 
05/23/2010

Govt to remove tax on log products: forestry minister

Forestry Ministry Zulkifli Hasan said the Finance Ministry had agreed to proposals to remove value-added tax (VAT) imposed on log products.

He claimed former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati had signed a proposal to cancel the tax when she was in the office.

“[Mulyani] agreed to cancel VAT for log products. The regulation will take effect this month. This is good as it will not burden industries because raw materials were not supposed to be taxed,” he said Sunday.

Issue date: 
May 31, 2010

Shock and Uncertainty Over Forest-Clearing Moratorium

Business leaders and even top government officials have been left surprised by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s announcement last week that the country would impose a two-year moratorium on the clearing of natural forests.

Meanwhile, the government added on Monday that even some existing licenses held by palm oil and timber firms would be revoked as part of the moratorium.

Issue date: 
Friday 21 May 2010

HSBC climate change fund linked to deforestation

Campaign group asks HSBC to close investment fund loophole in bank's forest ethics policy.

Issue date: 
May 21st, 2010

GFC2010: Closing Speech by The Minister of Forestry

SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF FORESTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AT THE CLOSING OF THE GOVERNORS’ CLIMATE AND FOREST (GCF) TASKFORCE MEETING Banda Aceh, 20 May 2010

His Excellency Miniter of Environment of Indonesia,

His Excellency Governor of Aceh,

Issue date: 
March 2010

UN-REDD: Indonesia

Indonesia has moved progressively on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation). In mid 2007, under the guidance of the Ministry of Forestry, a multi-stakeholder forum named the Indonesian Forest and Carbon Alliance was established.

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