Quantifying the biodiversity value of repeatedly logged rainforests: gradient and comparative approaches from Borneo
New research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity and could have a role in conservation. According to principal investigators, Dr Matthew Struebig and Anthony Turner from the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology (DICE), these findings challenge a…Continue reading...Sep 2013
Landscape High Conservation Values in East Kalimantan: Mapping and recommended management, with special focus on Berau and East Kutai Regencies
Continue reading...This report describes results of a landscape High Conservation Value (HCV) mapping project commissioned by The Nature Conservancy for East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The project was designed to support development and strategic planning for the TNC-initiated Berau Forest Carbon Program (BFCP). The report will be made available as a public…
Dec 2010
An analysis of Presidential Instruction No. 10, 2011: Moratorium on granting of new licenses and improvement of natural primary forest and peatland governance
Continue reading...The Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 limiting the issuance of licenses for conversion of forest or development of peat is one key deliverable forming part of a bilateral agreement outlined in the Letter of Intent (LoI) between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GoI) and the Government of the Kingdom…
May 2011