Indonesia and Environment
- Capital:
Jakarta - Population:
242968342 - Size:
1919440.0 Km2
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- The BLDS environment collection
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Search for the latest environment-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Organisations call on Indonesian government to do more to stop illegal logging
- D. Currey; F. Doherty; S. Lawson; J. Newman; M. Afianto; M. Minangsari; A. Valentinus / Environmental Investigation Agency, UK, 2002
- This campaign document states that despite logging bans in Indonesia, local corruption in government and the judiciary is rampant and officials are tacitly allowing the continued destruction of forests. The document discusses e...
- Report calling for the return of forest ownership to local people in Indonesia
- L. Chidley / Down to Earth: International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia, 2002
- This report details the status and history of forests and their ownership in Indonesia. It states that a huge amount of the country's forests have been destroyed and that rights and ownership have been handed to large companies and co...
- Case studies highlighting the links between environmental and livelihood security and international security.
- R. Matthew; M. Halle; J. Switzer / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2002
- This book developed from meetings between conservationists and those in the UK government concerned with security and conflict prevention. The book is based on the premise that environmental mismanagement and resource scarcity,...
- Are transformations of tropical peatland through fire beneficial or detrimental to local livelihoods?
- U. Chokkalingam; L. Tacconi; Y. Ruchiyat / Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
- The biodiversity and carbon sequestration value of tropical peatlands is damaged by logging, burning, drainage and other activities. In many cases this may also damage local livelihood benefits such as fisheries support. This paper, h...
- What impacts are increasing numbers of forest fires having on biodiversity?
- R. Nasi; G. Applegate; E. Meijaard; R. Dennis; P. Moore / Unasylva, FAO, 2002
- Although a number of studies have taken place into the ecosystem effects of fires on forests, few have looked their biodiversity implications. The authors briefly outline ecosystem impacts of fires on a global, regional and loc...
- Does community based fire management meet the dual goals of protecting forests and providing sustainable incomes?
- S. Suyanto; G. Applegate; L. Tacconi / Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
- In response to the many highly damaging fires that have occurred in Indonesia, destroying large tracts of forest and causing high levels of damaging carbon emissions, community based management is often recommended as the answer to fi...
- A remote sensing technique for estimating timber volumes.
- E. Nezry; F. Yakam-Simen; P. Romeijn; I. Supit; L Demargne / Treemail, 2000
- This paper describes how timber volumes can now be assessed from satellite images. The authors use an operational commercial case study of forest concessions in Sarawak to illustrate the application of the remote sensing techni...
- How can we manage the damaging impacts of the marine aquarium trade?
- E. Wood / Marine Conservation Society, 2001
- The ornamental fish trade is a multi-million dollar industry, with fisheries operating all around the tropical world. Currently about 45 countries supply the market. The most important suppliers are Indonesia and the Philippines, with...
- Research report and case studies on the costs and potential benefits of tourism to national parks.
- H.J. Goodwin; I.J. Kent; K.T. Parker; M.J. Walpole / Department for International Development, UK, 1997
- This is the first, introductory volume of a report and case studies looking at the benefits and costs of tourism to national parks. Three, in-depth case studies were carried out in India, Zimbabwe and Indonesia and a final report comp...
- Integration of biodiversity into national forestry sector
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2002
- This report is one of eight thematic reviews prepared for the Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP), a programme created to help countries strengthen national capacity to prepare and implement National Biodiversity Strategies...
- 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,...
