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National 10 years ago
Australia provides Indonesia with A$500,000 for carbon accounting system
Australia will provide Indonesia with A$500,000 to support the country’s carbon accounting system. The newly appointed Australian Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Fryndenberg revealed on Wednesday that the new commitment was part of its national carbon accounting system with a special focus on emissions from peat land.
Opinion 10 years ago
Q&A: Under the shady Indonesian rain forests
Not only forests, Indonesia also has vast amounts of peatlands, which also form the floor of rain forests. There are roughly 22 million hectares of peatlands in 2010, equal to 5% of the global peatland area. Peatlands cover around 3% of the globe, but store one third of the total global soil carbon. It was estimated that in 2010, Indonesian peatland stores 132 gigaton of CO2. In comparison, the world’s largest rain forest, the Amazon, stores 168 gigaton of CO2.
National 10 years ago
Local governments lack funds for peatland restoration
The central government has instructed local governments to intensify their peatland restoration programs, but has not allocated funds from the state budget, leaving local governments seriously short of funds for the program.
Business 10 years ago
Soil compaction puts peatland at risk, agency says
Despite having helped to increase the productivity of oil palm plantations in Malaysia, the soil compaction method commonly used in the country carries risks that may be counterproductive to peatland conservation efforts, an Indonesian peatland agency has said.
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