Indonesia has committed to reducing its emissions from land use, land use change and forestry - by 26% by 2020. One way the country plans to meet this target is by reducing its emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through the REDD+ mechanism. By implementing REDD+, Indonesia will become eligible to receive financial payments based on forest carbon credits.

The typical practice by smallholder teak growers of letting trees grow without management input has resulted in poor quality plantations. Various questions arise when farmers start to better manage their teak plantations.

Perdagangan mebel dunia berkembang sangat pesat dan mencapai hampir 1,4 milyar dolar AS pada tahun 2010.

Pada tanggal 20 Mei 2011, Pemerintah Indonesia menerbitkan Instruksi Presiden No. 10/2011 tentang penundaan penerbitan izin baru dan penyempurnaan tata kelola hutan alam primer dan lahan gambut, sebagai bagian dari kerjasama Indonesia dengan Pemerintah Kerajaan Norwegia, berdasarkan Surat Pernyataan Kehendak yang ditandatangani oleh kedua pemerintah pada tanggal 26 Mei 2010.

For many decades, concerned by the undeniable deforestation data, environmental management hasincluded re-vegetation activities in unforested areas intended to (re)create a forest environment.

This manual gathers information on the ecology and silviculture of Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) Nielsen, with a focus on Indonesia. It also includes growth and yield data from published sources, collected from smallholders’ farms in the research sites in South Kalimantan province, and collected previously by the Forestry Research and Development Agency of Indonesia.

Panduan ini mengelaborasikan berbagai informasi terkait ekologi dan silvikultur Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) Nielsen, dengan fokus wilayah di Indonesia.

Indonesia has committed to reducing its emissions from land use, land use change and forestry - by 26% by 2020. One way the country plans to meet this target is by reducing its emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through the REDD+ mechanism. By implementing REDD+, Indonesia will become eligible to receive financial payments based on forest carbon credits.

This paper reviews the effectiveness of the legal and institutional frameworks for promoting and regulating biofuel development in Indonesia. It provides an overview of the development of the oil palm biodiesel sector since 2006, following the implementation of dedicated biofuel policies and regulations. The paper examines production targets and evaluates their implementation.