On 24 February 2011, Yayasan Petak Danum, (Water Land Foundation, an NGO in Central Kalimantan), wrote to the Australian Delegation that was then visiting the Australian-funded Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. Two months later, they received a reply from AusAID, posted in full below in English and in Indonesian.
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Community concerns with the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership: “No rights, No KCFP”
On 24 February 2011, Yayasan Petak Danum, (Water Land Foundation, an NGO in Central Kalimantan), wrote to the Australian Delegation that was currently visiting the Australian-funded Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. The letter is attached (pdf file 380.7 KB) and posted in full below.
Avoiding the issues: How questions about the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership were not answered in Australia’s Parliament
Australia has committed A$30 million to the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP) in Indonesia. Recently, questions from Senator Christine Milne (of the Green Party) in the Australian Parliament were (sort of) answered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade.
Green Climate Fund approves US$103 million for “results-based” REDD to Indonesia. Don’t mention the peat fires in 2015. Or the fact that Indonesia’s deforestation rate is currently increasing
By Chris Lang Last week, at its virtual board meeting, the Green Climate Fund approved US$103 million of “results-based” funding to Indonesia for the period 2014 to 2016. Obviously the Green Climate Fund’s Board is suffering from a form of collective amnesia. The fires in Indonesia’s forests and peatlands in 2015 emitted more greenhouse gases…
Indonesia’s Katingan REDD project sells carbon credits to Shell. But that doesn’t mean the forest is protected. It’s threatened by land conflicts, fires and a palm oil plantation
By Chris Lang The Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project covers an area of about 150,000 hectares in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The project was created in 2007 by an Indonesian company called PT Rimba Makmur Utama. The director of the company is Dharsono Hartono.