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99373
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 16:28
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GREENPEACE OPTIMISTIC RI ABLE TO DECLARE LOGGING MORATORIUM
Jakarta, Jan. 11 (ANTARA) - A spokesman of Greenpeace Southeast Asia said the NGO is optimistic that the Indonesian government would be able to declare a logging moratorium in the country in 2010.
"We are optimistic that the Indonesian government can start greenhouse cutting gas emission by imposing a moratorium on all logging activity in 2010," Bustar Maitar, a Greenpeace Southeast Asia spokesman, said here on Monday.
A decision to declare a logging moratorium in order to reduce gas emissions could only be made by the government, he said, adding an effective way to cut emissions was by halting deforestation.
"In our view, it's easy for the government through the forestry ministry as the highest forestry authority, to impose a moratorium on all logging activity," he said.
Declaring a logging moratorium and stopping the issuance of permits to convert forests in peatland areas would not cost the government much , he said.
Therefore, funding for climate change mitigation provided by the international world to Indonesia could be allocated for people's empowerment programs, he said.
Meanwhile, Indonesia has reaffirmed its commitment to take part in the global emission cut plans and promote a low-carbon economy to help protect the planet from human-induced climate change.
Indonesia's chief climate change negotiator, Rachmat Witoelar, announced for the first time Indonesia would cut 700 megatons of greenhouse gas emissions or equal to 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide or CO2 by 2020.
"We estimate our emissions will reach 2,600 megatons by 2020 at this rate. We need to commit to a 700 megaton cut to protect the planet," he told a press briefing at the Bella Center during the Dec. 7-18 Copenhagen talks.
At September's G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Indonesia?s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged to cut emissions by 26 percent by 2020 using the state budget and by 41 percent if developed nations gave the financial support to do so.***
"We are optimistic that the Indonesian government can start greenhouse cutting gas emission by imposing a moratorium on all logging activity in 2010," Bustar Maitar, a Greenpeace Southeast Asia spokesman, said here on Monday.
A decision to declare a logging moratorium in order to reduce gas emissions could only be made by the government, he said, adding an effective way to cut emissions was by halting deforestation.
"In our view, it's easy for the government through the forestry ministry as the highest forestry authority, to impose a moratorium on all logging activity," he said.
Declaring a logging moratorium and stopping the issuance of permits to convert forests in peatland areas would not cost the government much , he said.
Therefore, funding for climate change mitigation provided by the international world to Indonesia could be allocated for people's empowerment programs, he said.
Meanwhile, Indonesia has reaffirmed its commitment to take part in the global emission cut plans and promote a low-carbon economy to help protect the planet from human-induced climate change.
Indonesia's chief climate change negotiator, Rachmat Witoelar, announced for the first time Indonesia would cut 700 megatons of greenhouse gas emissions or equal to 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide or CO2 by 2020.
"We estimate our emissions will reach 2,600 megatons by 2020 at this rate. We need to commit to a 700 megaton cut to protect the planet," he told a press briefing at the Bella Center during the Dec. 7-18 Copenhagen talks.
At September's G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Indonesia?s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged to cut emissions by 26 percent by 2020 using the state budget and by 41 percent if developed nations gave the financial support to do so.***
