Dinas Kehutanan Kabupaten Tanah Laut, Kalimantan Selatan, berusaha memotivasi masyarakat menanam pohon, dengan memberikan program khusus berupa, budidaya lebah madu. “Program ini mendorong masyarakat untuk melakukan penghijauan, sebab tanpa adanya pepohonan yang menghasilkan bunga, maka lebah tidak akan bisa menghasilkan madu berkualitas,” kata Ahmad Rafika, Kepala Bidang Rehabilitasi Lahan dan Konservasi Hutan Dinas Kehutanan (Dishut) kabupaten setempat.

Bioversity International in collaboration with CIFOR, IRAD, IRET and UNIKIS in Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo presented findings of the 40-month research project executed in the Congo Basin. The research found out that people living in or around the forest collect caterpillars, oils, fruits, medicines, and trees for construction directly from the concessions. The potential conflicts of the people living in the forest and the concessions are high because the concessions have the legal rights to use the forest.

Though research by the Centre for International Forestry Research, the World Bank and academics has found that traditional communities often protect forests and the environment efficiently and cheaply, “governments, companies and NGOs forming the conservation industry enforce the creation of inviolate zones free of human habitation.” states a Survival International report, launched at the World Parks Congress in Sydney.

The Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit concluded with a strong show of support from the Centre for International Forestry Research, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, United States, Papua New Guinea and others to help realise the global goal of ending natural rainforest loss by 2030.

Laporan Panel Antarpemerintah untuk Perubahan Iklim oleh lebih dari 50 penulis peneliti terbit hari Minggu (2/11). Kini, tingkat kepastian perubahan iklim disebabkan aktivitas manusia (antropogenik) menjadi 95 persen. Itulah poin penting yang digarisbawahi agar diperhatikan para pembuat keputusan politik di seluruh dunia.

During a roundtable of academics, corporations and NGOs organized by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Greenpeace Southeast Asia has called on Singapore and Indonesia to work together and find solutions to haze from fires burning in forest and peatland areas on Sumatra. After Singapore experienced its worst smoke haze on record in 2013, the Singapore government in September 2014 enacted a law designed to ensure accountability for transboundary air pollution.

Petani pengelola tanaman mangrove Kabupaten Langkat, Sumatera Utara, belajar ke Jawa Timur melihat dari dekat rehabilitasi mangrove yang ada di sana untuk bisa diterapkan di daerah ini. Mereka belajar ke Jawa Timur tepatnya di Bangkalan Madura dan Surabaya tentang pengelolaan mangrove yang di fasilitasi oleh Balai Mangrove Wilayah II Medan.

Congo Basin Institute is planned to give African scientists incentives to stay and work on solving local problems. Partner of the Institute is, in addition to UCLA and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the Center for International Forestry Research, among others.