Dorjee Sun is the CEO of Carbon Conservation, a company set up 10 years ago to run REDD projects. The company’s first REDD project was the Ulu Masen REDD project, in Aceh province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Sun partnered with Aceh’s “green governor”, Yusuf Irwandi, and Flora and Fauna International, to run the…
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Some questions for Dorjee Sun about the Ulu Masen REDD project
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.
Canadian mining company East Asia Minerals is “working closely” with Indonesian government officials to destroy Aceh’s forests
The province of Aceh in Sumatra is currently drawing up its spatial plan. In the current version, an area of 1.2 million hectares of forest would be converted to mining, logging and oil palm plantations. One of the driving forces behind this proposal appears to be a Canadian mining company, East Asia Minerals.
“Is REDD going ahead or not?” Indigenous leaders complain about the lack of information about the Ulu Masen project
The NGO Yayasan Rumpum Bambu works with villages inside and near to the Ulu Masen project area. We met Pak Sanusi, the head of YRB in the organisation’s office in Banda Aceh.
Can REDD save the forests of Aceh?
More details about the Province of Aceh’s proposed spatial plan are emerging. The Jakarta Post reported this week that if the plan were approved in its current form, an area of 1.2 million hectares of forest would be converted “into plantation and mining areas and other purposes”.