The Forest Scribe

26/10/2021

12/03/2021

The Madani Berkelanjutan Foundation is welcoming the government’s success in lowering Indonesia’s deforestation rate by 75 percent in the 2019-2020 period as a good starting point for the country to build an economy without damaging forests and the environment, and also called for a better protection of the country’s secondary natural forests.

Madani is welcoming the government’s success in lowering Indonesia’s deforestation rate by 75 percent in the 2019-2020 period

02/03/2021

AIDenvironment, a non-profit consultancy on sustainability, has named the Nusantara Fiber Group operating in Indonesia’s Kalimantan as being the group with industrial timber concessions which has conducted the most deforestation in the country, clearing 26,000 hectares of tropical forest between 2016 and October 2020.

AIDenvironment has named the Nusantara Fiber Group operating in Indonesia’s Kalimantan as being the group with the most deforestation in the country

26/02/2021

A number of forestry experts are questioning the government’s policy to use protected forest areas for the development of food estates and said there was a need to revise the policy on these estates so as to ensure the preservation of protected forests.

Forestry experts are questioning the government's policy to use protected forest areas for the development of food estate.

22/02/2021

The Directorate General of Climate Change Control (DJPPI) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF) of the Republic of Indonesia possesses forest monitoring system technologies.

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry possesses several forest monitoring system technologies that have been or will be built

19/02/2021

A new analysis World Resources Institute (WRI) is showing that just seven agricultural commodities accounted for 26 percent of global tree cover loss from 2001 to 2015 with cattle taking the top position, causing losses more than four times its closest rival, palm oil.

WRI analysis show that agricultural commodities accounted for 26 percent of global tree cover loss from 2001 to 2015 with cattle taking the top position

10/02/2021

Mangrove forests are a type of forest that generally grow in brackish water and places where siltation and accumulation of organic matter occurs, such as in bays that are protected from the onslaught of waves ,and river estuaries, which generally have a lot of silt and sediments.

Mangrove forests are a type of forest that generally grow in brackish water and places where siltation and accumulation of organic matter occurs

02/02/2021

A group of farmers in Riau Province’s Kuantan Singigi district is actively sharing knowledge on how to conserve forests while cultivating crops of high economic values there or by harvesting their rich non-timber products.

A group of farmers in Riau Province’s Kuantan Singigi district is actively sharing knowledge on how to conserve forests while cultivating crops of...

18/01/2021

Agroforestry is now increasingly cited as one of the solutions to deforestation and the conversion of natural forest into other purposes, including agriculture.

Agroforestry now increasingly cited as one of the solutions to deforestation and the conversion of natural forest into other purposes, including agriculture

08/01/2021

President Joko Widodo has symbolically handed over 2,929 social forestry licenses covering an area totaling 3,442,000 hectares to be managed by 651,000 families across the country.

President Jokowi has symbolically handed over 2,929 social forestry licenses covering an area totaling 3,442,000 hectares to be managed by 651,000 families

08/12/2020

“These elections are special. Apart from having to be held during a pandemic, these local elections would also produce the first elected candidates to implement the controversial omnibus law,” said Teguh Surya from Madani Berkelanjutan.

2020 elections will not only determine governance in the regions but also whether the environment would be managed in a sustainable way or not

11/11/2020

“The provision in Law on Job Creation is still too wide and open to multi-interpretation", said Grita Anindarini, a researcher with the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL)

The Omnibus law was among other aimed at resolving the long-dragging problem of plantation concessions in forest areas but its provisions and...

03/11/2020

The West Bali National Park will become the first in the country to use artificial intelligence technology to better monitor its forest and thus help it combat illegal logging, poaching and to provide a better protection of its ecosystem.

The West Bali National Park will become the first in the country to use artificial intelligence technology to better monitor its forest and thus help it...

15/10/2020

The Sakai Kandis tribe which used to be a nomadic forest tribe that is indigenous to the Province of Riau, is now gaining a footstep into the modern world as eight of its members will further their study at universities.

The Sakai Kandis tribe which used to be a nomadic forest tribe that is indigenous to the Province of Riau, is now gaining a footstep into the modern..

13/10/2020

Long plagued by annual forest and ground fires that have contributed to the rapid deforestation of the country’s forest cover, Indonesia is now focusing heavily on prevention and early reaction to curb the calamity and is now trying out a round-the-clock, on-the-ground, internet-based fire detection system.

Annual forest and ground fires make Indonesia now focusing heavily on prevention is now trying internet-based fire detection system.

02/10/2020

As part of efforts to halt the shrinking of forests that continued to take place in Jambi, an environmental watchdog is proposing that the government provide incentives for communities near forests to enable them to develop their economy and thus help reduce forest destruction and the restoration of the local ecology.


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16/09/2020

Papuan environmental activists are voicing their call for the government to should intervene to protect forests in Papua, one of the last jungle-covered regions of Indonesia, and ensure their continuing existence.

Papuan environmental activists are voicing their call for the government to should intervene to protect forests in Papua, one of the last jungle-covered...

29/07/2020

Indonesia has been plagued by devastating annual forest and ground fires that have laid waste to millions of hectares and caused substantial material losses and health hazard, and a number of experts are saying that to bring a halt to this, it was paramount that communities around forests are strengthened an empowered.

Indonesia has been plagued by devastating annual forest and ground fires that have laid waste to millions of hectares and caused substantial material...

17/07/2020

The targeting of the government’s economic stimulus targets required careful handling as their impact would be a key determinant in a post-pandemic era, experts said Thursday (16/7).

The targeting of the government’s economic stimulus targets required careful handling as their impact would be a key determinant in a post-pandemic era...

25/06/2020

The problems of land conflicts and related social conflicts are complex in nature and requires a systematic and detailed settlement procedure but of key importance is that the results of negotiations at each phase must be meticulously recorded and agreed by all sides concerned, experts said.

The problems of land conflicts and related social conflicts are complex in nature and requires a systematic and detailed settlement procedure but of key...

08/06/2020

WALHI JAMBI and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) Sinar Mas have remained at odds over whether a social conflict involving a timber company and a local community there had been resolved.

(WALHI) Jambi accused that APP Sinar Mas had committed public fraud with its statements regarding a social conflict in Jambi...

29/05/2020

An environmental watchdog Madani Berkelanjutan is hailing the results of a decade of Indonesia-Norway part partnership in curbing deforestation but it is also calling for the strengthening openness of data and information on deforestation in Indonesia.

An environmental watchdog is hailing the results of a decade of Indonesia-Norway part partnership in curbing deforestation data but it is also calling for..

29/05/2020

Toni Saputra may just be a small-scale catfish farmer in a village in Riau province, but he is at the forefront of efforts to eradicate slash and burn practices that have so far been mostly blamed for the massive forest and ground fires which have annually plagued Indonesia in the dry season.

Indonesia are entering the dry season including in Riau which has been one of the provinces worst hit by the annual ground and forest fires

14/05/2020

An environmental watchdog is finding that almost half of the forest and ground fires that hit Indonesia in 2019 were in peat land and therefore stressed that this ecosystem warranted more attention so that it could play an important role in fire prevention this year.

An environmental watchdog is finding that almost half of the forest and ground fires that hit Indonesia in 2019 were in peat land and therefore stressed...

08/05/2020

The ongoing pandemic caused by the Corona Virus, also known as Covid-19, is likely to only worsen this year’s forest and ground fires in Indonesia, as economic pressure may push farmers to open land by burning while the prevalent social and physical distancing may make it more difficult to prevent and control the fires, officials said.

The ongoing pandemic caused by the Corona Virus, also known as Covid-19, is likely to only worsen this year’s forest and ground fires in Indonesia...

09/03/2020

President Joko Widodo has issued a presidential regulation which instructs a host of top officials at the central government and in the regions, to better handle prevention and mitigation of forest and ground fire and apply a more effective law enforcement related to the fires.

Jokowi has issued a presidential regulation which instructs, better handle prevention and mitigation of forest and ground fire and apply a more effective..

09/03/2020

Environmental data collection and validation is usually a tedious, labor-intensive effort but a new Indonesian digital data platform Urundata is turning that into a fun exercise and also opening it up to anyone eager to contribute his or hers two pennies to efforts to safeguard the planet.

Environmental data collection and validation is usually a tedious, labor-intensive effort but a new Indonesian digital data platform Urundata is turning...

05/03/2020

An official from the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy said that unlike what a number of critics including environmentalists have said, a draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation will not drop requirements for an environmental impact analysis (Amdal) when applying for an investment license.

Coordinating Ministry for the Economy said, Omnibus Law on Job Creation will not drop requirements for environmental impact when applying for..