Indonesia
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Field Notes | Will Indonesia Get it Right?
09.28.11Peter Dewees, PROFOR's manager, attended the noteworthy Forests Indonesia conference yesterday. He shares his impressions in this dispatch.
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News & Events | Forests Indonesia: Alternative futures to meet demands for food, fibre, fuel and REDD+
07.29.11Organized by CIFOR in association with leading business groups, NGOs, development agencies and the Government of Indonesia, with co-funding from PROFOR and other funding partners, the event provided a platform for 1000 leaders of all stakeholder groups to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by Indonesia in the sustainable use of its forests.
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Knowledge | Forests, Fragility and Conflict
06.02.11Forests may be at risk in the immediate aftermath of conflict when myriad demands -- from government, local populations, commercial timber operations, as well as donors -- go uncoordinated. A new collection of analytical work on forests, fragility and conflict (published in June) could contribute to a more strategic approach to dealing with forest management in post-conflict operations.
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Field Notes | Indonesia and EU conclude VPA negotiations
05.05.11On May 4th, Indonesia concluded Voluntary Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union. This marked the culmination of a long process toward establishing a legality verification system in the country and an important milestone for forest governance reform.
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Field Notes | What Indonesia Stands to Gain
04.26.11Cost-benefit analysis of REDD+ measures may be misleading for many reasons. With this in mind, consultant Dominic Elson tried to refute opportunity cost assumptions and map out the consequences of 'Going Green' vs. 'Business as Usual' in the case of Indonesia. He found found that Indonesia has much to gain by changing its approach to land use and reducing emissions.
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Knowledge | Analysis of Alternative REDD+ Financing Mechanisms in Indonesia
03.17.11To synthesize lessons that are relevant for developing an Indonesian REDD+ financing architecture.
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Knowledge | The Role of Forestry in Low-carbon Growth Strategies
03.08.11Experience from 3 case studies (Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia).
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Knowledge | Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit
08.01.10An estimated 1.2 billion people rely on forests for some part of their livelihoods. However, the importance of forests is often overlooked in national development processes such as poverty reduction strategies due to inadequate evidence documenting how forests sustain the poor. To build better knowledge on this critical relationship, PROFOR developed a “Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit” to facilitate relevant data collection and analysis.
