Last year I wrote a series of posts about the Ulu Masen REDD project, based on interviews with NGOs and indigenous leaders in Aceh. Missing from the story is Dorjee Sun’s version of events.
Category: Indonesia
Avoided deforestation or avoiding the issue? USAID’s forest carbon project in West Bali National Park in Indonesia
Last week, a small announcement appeared on the website of the US Embassy in Jakarta: “The United States government and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry today launched a new rainforest standard for carbon credits in West Bali National Park.”
REDD fails to address the drivers of deforestation in Indonesia
Indonesia’s rate of deforestation doubled in 2011-2012, compared to 2000-2003. That’s according to a recent satellite mapping study led by the University of Maryland with help from Google and NASA.
Indonesia’s rate of deforestation has doubled under the moratorium
A recent study revealed that the Indonesian government has been telling lies about its rate of forest loss. The study found that between 2000 and 2003 the rate of deforestation in Indonesia was about one million hectares per year. In the years 2011 and 2012, the rate doubled to about two million hectares per year.
Will Asia Pulp and Paper leave 70,000 hectares of high carbon stock forest inside its suppliers’ concessions in Kalimantan?
In February 2013, Greenpeace stopped campaigning against Asia Pulp and Paper in Indonesia. The reason was APP’s Forest Conservation Policy that promised to protect all areas of forest and peatlands in its suppliers’ concessions.