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Thu, 12/03/2009 - 16:44
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FORESTRY MINISTRY HOLDS SEMINAR ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Jakarta, Dec. 3 (ANTARA) - The Forestry Ministry here Thursday held a seminar themed "Best Practice Sustainable Forest Management on Climate Change (Road to Copenhagen)" at the Manggala Wanabati building.
Officially opened by Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan, the seminar dealt with such topics as sustainable forest management and mitigation policies, forests' chance to contribute to mitigating the impact of climate change , and best practices in timber forest development, according to a press statement issued by the ministry on Thursday.
The seminar was attended by forestry ministry officials, academics, private sector representatives and NGO activists.
The forestry minister hoped that the seminar would produce recommendations on Indonesia's preparations to participate in the Copenhagen Climate Change Meeting next week.
Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said recently that he had tightened the issuance of licenses for conducting tree felling for industry, mining or plantation development.
"The future of Indonesia is not determined by the price of its wood but by the sustainability of its forests," he said.
He said the government had provided Rp2 trillion in reforestation funds this year and would increase it to Rp2.6 trillion next year and to an even higher amount in the years to come.
Meanwhile, Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said in Banjarmasin last Friday (Nov. 27), the rate of forest destruction in Indonesia had reached 1.1 million hectares a year.
He said the government could only rehabilitate up to 500,000 hectares a year. He said it was feared the gap would worsen the impact of global warming in the country as well as in the world.
He said the weather's temperature had now risen by four degrees making the sea level rise by 80 centimeters. If this condition was ignored, 30 million to 40 million people in the country could fall victim to the impact of global warming such as floods, and other natural disasters. ***
Officially opened by Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan, the seminar dealt with such topics as sustainable forest management and mitigation policies, forests' chance to contribute to mitigating the impact of climate change , and best practices in timber forest development, according to a press statement issued by the ministry on Thursday.
The seminar was attended by forestry ministry officials, academics, private sector representatives and NGO activists.
The forestry minister hoped that the seminar would produce recommendations on Indonesia's preparations to participate in the Copenhagen Climate Change Meeting next week.
Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said recently that he had tightened the issuance of licenses for conducting tree felling for industry, mining or plantation development.
"The future of Indonesia is not determined by the price of its wood but by the sustainability of its forests," he said.
He said the government had provided Rp2 trillion in reforestation funds this year and would increase it to Rp2.6 trillion next year and to an even higher amount in the years to come.
Meanwhile, Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said in Banjarmasin last Friday (Nov. 27), the rate of forest destruction in Indonesia had reached 1.1 million hectares a year.
He said the government could only rehabilitate up to 500,000 hectares a year. He said it was feared the gap would worsen the impact of global warming in the country as well as in the world.
He said the weather's temperature had now risen by four degrees making the sea level rise by 80 centimeters. If this condition was ignored, 30 million to 40 million people in the country could fall victim to the impact of global warming such as floods, and other natural disasters. ***
