Indonesia and Environment
- Capital:
Jakarta - Population:
242968342 - Size:
1919440.0 Km2
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- IMF and deforestation
- J. Tockman / American Lands Alliance, 2001
- Report which alleges that International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in each of the 15 countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia studied. This forest loss, the author claims, has...
- What impacts has intervention by financial institutions had on the forestry sector in Indonesia and beyond?
- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001
- The conference consisted of two complementary sessions. The first session highlighted the results of the CIFOR/WWF-MPO research detailing the impacts of IMF/World Bank policy interventions on the forest and oil palm sectors of Indones...
- Deforestation, social conflict and financial crisis in Indonesia's pulp and paper industry
- E. Matthews; J. Willem van Gelder / Friends of the Earth, 2002
- Latest report from Friends of the Earth's Coporates Campaign looking at linkages between financial institutions, pulp and paper manufaturers and paper merchants in forest destruction. The report focuses on the activities of Asia Pacif...
- Responses sought to preliminary research into decentralisation in Indonesia.
- Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
- With Indonesia's ongoing processes of decentralisation and regional autonomy significant degrees of authority over forest administration have now, for the first time, been transferred to the provincial and district governments. In som...
- A map-based assessment of the forces of change in Indonesian forests
- C. V. Barber; D. Brown; E. Matthews; T. H. Brown; L. Curran; C. Plume / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
- Joint report from Forest Watch Indonesia, World Resources Institute and Global Forest Watch. It provides a detailed analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia’s forests. The report concludes that the doubling of...
- Electricity demand in Asia and the effects on energy supply and the investment environment
- Masayasu Ishiguro; Takamasa Akiyama / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- Electricity demand in seven Asian economies is expected to increase sharply in the coming years. To meet this demand, these countries must develop stronger domestic bond and stock markets to meet capital requirements for projected pow...
- Trial by fire: forest fires and forestry policy in Indonesia's era of crisis and reform
- World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2000
- This report examines the destruction and systematic plunder of Asia's greatest rainforests under former Indonesian president Suharto. The report focuses on the 1997-1998 forest fires in Indonesia that resulted in the burning of 10 mil...
- Krismon, farmers and forests: the effects of the economic crisis on farmers’ livelihoods and forest use in the outer islands of Indonesia
- A. Angelsen; Daju Pradnja Resosudarmo / Center for International Forestry Research, 1999
- Presents some preliminary results on the impact of the economic crisis on farmers’ livelihood and forest use, based on fieldwork in four provinces in Indonesia (Riau, West and East Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi). Stresses the grea...
- Tree Planting in Indonesia: Trends, Impacts and Directions
- L. Potter; J. Lee / Center for International Forestry Research, 1998
- The aims of the project were as a follows: to identify tree planting activities currently prominent in Indonesia to seek reasons for their ascendancy, with specific reference to influential actors capable of f...
- Policy for Plenty: Measuring the Benefits of Policy-Oriented Social Science Research
- G.W. Norton; J. Alwang / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998
- Suggests practical methods for assessing policy research programs, both ex post and ex ante. Measuring the benefits of policy research is difficult: the path of causation between research and policy change is nearly always uncertain; ...
- Trisanita
- Platform for international peer-reviewed journals focusing on sanitation published in Indonesia.
- Komodo National Park, Indonesia
- Komodo National Park is located in the center of the Indonesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. Established in 1980, initially the main purpose of the Park was to conserve the unique Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) and its habitat. However, over the years, the goals for the Park have expanded to protecting its entire biodiversity, both terrestrial and marine. In 1986,...
