Summary: With a yellowish haze hanging over Malaysia for weeks now, Phillip talks to forest expert David Kaimowitz about why Indonesia’s forests are ablaze on an annual basis.
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Expert says foreign logging companies denying Papua New Guinea an income
An international forest expert says five Malaysian companies are taking most of Papua New Guinea’s revenue from logging, but showing no interest in PNG’s long-term interests. The director-general of the Centre for International Forestry Research, David Kaimowitz, says the Malaysian firms are taking almost all the logging money which should go to the PNG government or villagers. Dr Kaimowitz says the Malaysian loggers want to get as much as they can and then leave Papua New Guinea within 10 years. "And those five Malaysian logging companies, up until now, have shown relatively little interest in the country’s long-term development," he said. "If those companies were more careful about how they logged, PNG could keep its forestry exports going practically, sustainable, into the future. "But the way the forests are being mistreated today, they won’t have timber to harvest for very long." Dr Kaimowitz says that since Abdullah Badawi took over as Malaysia’s prime minister, Kuala Lumpur has shown more concern about the activities of Malaysian loggers. see also: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1439004.htm
Indonesia fires fueled by poverty
Poverty, profits and old farming traditions combined to spark massive Indonesian fires that have choked parts of Malaysia with noxious haze, in what officials describe as Southeast Asia’s worst ecological crisis in years.
Fires in Indonesia
Territory FM Radio presenter, Daryl Manzies, interviews CIFOR’s Greg Clough on the causes of recent fires in Indonesia and the resulting state of emergency in Malaysia
CIFOR Adakan Pelatihan Pengolahan Data
MALINAU-Untuk meningkatkan sumber daya manusia, Malinau Research Forest Center for International Forenstry Research (MRF- CIFOR) mengadakan pelatihan pengolahan data dengan sistem model komputer software dan matematika. Pelatihan ini bekerjasama dengan Pemkab Malinau.
Gerakan Nasional Reboisasi Hutan dan Lahan Kurang Efektif
BOGOR-MIOL: Ditilik dari sudut pandang pembenihan, gerakan nasional reboisasi hutan dan lahan di Indonesia dinilai masih kurang efektif. Hal itu terungkap dalam sebuah "talkshow" yang bertajuk "Talk Show National Meeting International Forestry Student Asosiation Indonesia (IFSA) 2005 yang dilakukan di Kampus Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB).
Sekitar 10.000 Pekerja Di-PHK per Tahun
Jakarta, kompas – Akibat kondisi perusahaan yang kurang sehat, banyak pekerja di industri kayu mengalami pemutusan hubungan kerja. Sejak tahun 1999 hingga sekarang sekitar 10.000 orang terus dikenai PHK tiap tahunnya. ”Seiring dengan penurunan kuota tebang hutan alam, dimungkinkan jumlah pekerja yang di-PHK juga semakin besar,” tutur Ketua Umum Dewan Pimpinan Pusat Federasi Serikat Pekerja Perkayuan Perhutanan dan Umum Seluruh Indonesia (Kahutindo) Khoirul Anam di Jakarta, Senin (18/7).
Hutan Bulungan Masih Bisa Diselamatkan
TANJUNG SELOR- Berdasarkan kajian bersama Yayasan Pionir, Dinas Kehutanan Bulungan dan lembaga pemerhati lingkungan dan kehutanan seperti Center International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Australian Government (Pemerintah Australia), Departement For International Development (DFID), bahwa potensi kehutanan di Bulungan masih menyimpan harapan cukup besar bagi kesejahteraan masyarakat. Jika pengelolaannya dilakukan secara terpadu melalui pembinaan kepada masyarakat disusul dengan perbaikan lingkungan dan reboisasi, maka potesi hutan Bulungan bisa terselamatkan.