Saving Indonesia’s rainforests: using maps, brands and politics to end deforestation
2016 is a critical time for Indonesia’s rainforests. An area of forest the size of Germany has been lost in the last 25 years, driving species to the brink and threatening the global climate. At the height of last year’s forest fires, Indonesia was emitting more carbon than the entire US economy. Kiki Taufik, the Global Head of Greenpeace’s Indonesian Forests Campaign outlines why protecting Indonesia's forests is critical to global efforts to stabilise the climate and preserve biodiversity. He will analyse recent developments concerning Indonesia's forests, including the 2015 forest fires, the creation of a new agency to protect peatland, the work of the anti-corruption commission, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s recent bans on new forest clearance and mining. He will give an overview of Greenpeace’s decade-long campaign to save Indonesia’s remaining rainforests, and outline key opportunities and threats in 2016, explaining the central importance of mapping, the President's commitments, and the key role global brands will play. David Ritter (Chair) is the Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
Respondents-
Dr Jeff Neilson, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney. His research focuses on natural resource management and rural economic development in South and Southeast Asia, with specific area expertise on Indonesia.
Dr Vannessa Hearman is lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney and a historian of Southeast Asia. Her research deals with the violent anti-communist repression in Indonesia (1965-68) and efforts to address this past. She also writes about transnational activism related to human rights in Indonesia and East Timor.
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