RE: mark your calendar..May 20 is D day....... Marthe Hotvedt, Forest and Climate Counselor of the Royal Norwegian Embassy, said that Indonesia should extend the moratorium on forest clearance, which will expire on May 20, considering its key role in protecting the country’s
forests.
And then....
Meanwhile, the Association for Community and Ecology-Based Law Reform (Huma) program coordinator Anggalia Putri said the moratorium was the nation’s last hope to halt further deforestation.
Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 authorizing the moratorium was issued after Indonesia and Norway signed a US$1 billion deal to help Indonesia reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation.
The moratorium prohibits the issuance of new licenses for the conversion of primary forests and peatland in both protected forest and productive forest.
Anggalia said that should the ministry approve the new Aceh spatial planning bylaw, the protected forests downgraded to non-forest areas could not be saved by the moratorium, however the moratorium would prevent further damage to the country’s forests.
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NORWAY IS SUCH A HYPOCRITE.....
WHY THEY R NOT BUGGING THE FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES....MY COUNTRY MAN NEEDS JOBS JOBS..IS NOT, THEY ARE JUST MAKING BABYIES...UCH! SOOCHU...