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PhD Candidate in Rural Studies, International Institute of Social Studies

Annual forest fires create one of Indonesia’s mounting number of environmental problems. EPA/Azwar

October 28, 2014

Q&A: Is alarm at merging Indonesia’s environment and forestry ministries justified?

Martua T. Sirait, International Institute of Social Studies

Indonesia, one of the biggest forest destroyers in the world, is merging the country’s environment and forestry ministries, to the alarm of some local activists. Activist are concerned that the merger…

Indonesia enacts a moratorium on new permits to clear forests but gives exemptions to mining and palm oil companies. EPA/STR

September 25, 2014

Indonesia shows pledges aren’t enough to save global forests

Martua T. Sirait, International Institute of Social Studies

This week’s United Nations Climate Summit produced the New York Declaration on Forests. It promises to halt deforestation, one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions, by 2030. Indonesia…

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