Posted on March 31st, 2007 in Brief Notes
For the last two decades palm oil has been one of the fastest growing commodities in Indonesia. According to the Director General of Plantations, palm oil plantation area has increased from 1.1 million ha in 1990 to 6.1 million ha in 2006. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) states [...]
Posted on March 27th, 2009 in Brief Notes
Forests have an important role in the carbon cycle, both as terrestrial carbon storage and as atmospheric carbon absorption. The amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) stored in forest ecosystems acts as an important buffer against climate change. Unfortunately, the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases increases every year while [...]
Posted on March 27th, 2009 in Brief Notes
According to the Constitution of 1945, forests are a renewable resource and should be sustainably managed so as to provide their maximum benefit to the people of Indonesia. Regarding this objective, comprehensive, trusted and up-to-date data and information constitute the basic requirements of sustainable forest management.
Published 2006
Forest management certification originated in the 1980s in an effort to mediate two opposing groups: tropical timber companies and exporters on one side and the critical consumer in importing countries on the other side.
