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Anti-Empowerment Conservation

Anti-Empowerment Conservation

Many cases of community eviction from its home have been long occured. In Indonesia it has happened since the existance of ‘Political Forest Area’, which was implemented by the Dutch colonial... 

Coffee Forest vs. Village Carbon Forest

Coffee Forest vs. Village Carbon Forest

Are thousands of citizens of Masurai Subdistrict, Merangin District guilty if they independently utilize area of HPH (forest concession) which has been abandoned since 15 years ago as public coffee plantations? Regulation... 

Peat Swamp Is Not ‘No Man Land’

Peat Swamp Is Not ‘No Man Land’

“The government and bussinessman often say to me that the peat swamp is ‘no man land’ there are no people there, and peat swamps are abandoned land” as revealed by Abdon Nababan... 

The Government Neglects Rattan Sector

The Government Neglects Rattan Sector

Indonesia is well known as the exporter of rattan. But the fame only stops at being the exporter of raw rattan (raw materials) to China, Germany, Japan and the countries where rattan is further processed... 

Anti Social in Peat Swamp

Anti Social in Peat Swamp

Peat swamp is a special ecosystem found in Indonesia. There are three major islands which have the peat swamp ecosystem, which are Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua. The total area of the peat swamp ecosystem... 

Conservation and Forest Non-Timber

Conservation and Forest Non-Timber

This third time talkshow is the conversation about conservation of forests and other biological diversity. This Green Radio Program discusses the forest conservation and rehabilitation efforts and community... 

Let’s Campaign Rattan

Let’s Campaign Rattan

Forest edged society very much rely on the nature in meeting their daily needs. Their income is obtained from growing vegetables and fruits, collecting rattan, fishing (as swamp or lake fishermen), trading,... 

Environmental Economy in Peat Swamp

Environmental Economy in Peat Swamp

To cultivate oil palm and acacia on the peatland, the area should be dried first. Peat will become dry, shrink and become solid, even bongkor. This change causes the oxidation of organic material... 

Government of Indonesia: Selling Carbon?

Government of Indonesia: Selling Carbon?

Keep going on Minister of Forestry, Zulfikli Hasan said apart from the profit and loss obtained by Indonesia and the pros and cons that happened, the Oslo moratorium will keep going on in 2011 because... 

Peat swamp and SIRG

Peat swamp and SIRG

In the world of science, particularly in the field of soil science, gambut is known as Histosols (Soil Survey Staff, 1999) or popularly called peat (Andriesse, 1988). The naming of gambut was after Gambut... 

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