Indonesia has announced that it will host the third Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit next year. The announcement took place last week in Bonn, Germany, where thousands of negotiators, policymakers, researchers, journalists and campaigners had gathered for global climate talks at COP23.

Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Indonesia’s Minister of Environment and Forestry, invited Asia-Pacific countries to join in the ongoing efforts to conserve and improve the quality of the region’s forests through the biennial platform.