RI calls for incentives for forest conservation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday in Copenhagen that developed countries should give incentives to developing countries to conserve forests.

“There is a draft for the UN Climate Change conference that obliges developing countries to conserve forests and stop deforestation, which we think is not balanced,” Yudhoyono told a press conference aired by TV One.

“We propose one article that says developing countries must be given incentives for their efforts to conserve forests.”

He said his team would make sure the proposal was approved at the conference