Legal Analysis
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For Indonesia’s Forests, a Broken Promise
Bernadinus Steni | June 11, 2011 In his recent opinion article in these pages, Agus Purnomo, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s special adviser on climate change, blamed the environmental movement’s attack on the presidential instruction on the logging moratorium, saying the criticism overlooked the many good aspects of the decree, which puts a two-year halt on Continue reading
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For Indonesia’s Forests, a Broken Promise
JakartaGlobe, Bernadinus Steni | June 11, 2011 In his recent opinion article in these pages, Agus Purnomo, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s special adviser on climate change, blamed the environmental movement’s attack on the presidential instruction on the logging moratorium, saying the criticism overlooked the many good aspects of the decree, which puts a two-year halt on Continue reading
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Membaca Inpres Moratorium No.10 Thn 2011
Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Untuk Penyelamatan Hutan Indonesia & Iklim Global 11 Junie 2011 Latar Belakang Komitmen penurunan emisi Indonesia sebesar 26%-41% dari BAU (Business As Usual) pertama kali di umumkan di Pittsburgh dalam sebuah pertemuan negara-negara yang tergabung dalam G20, pada September 2009. Pengumuman atas komitmen tersebut mendapat sambutan yang cukup hangat dari negara-negara anggota Continue reading
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Alone Facing the Changing Climate: Petition of the People’s Chamber of the National Forestry Council (DKN) on the Policies for the Mitigation and Adaptation of the Management of Climate Change
Introduction This Position Paper was prepared by the People’s Chamber of DKN in order to give response to various political debates and formulation of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies considered detrimental to the customary law communities and the people dwelling and making their life within or in the surrounding areas of forest. Outcomes of Continue reading
I believe we can’t keep fighting for collective action if we don’t start it ourselves. For me, fighting for a sustainable environment begins with something small: eating proportionately. I think about how, throughout human history, the stomach has often been the beginning of all greed. How can we truly talk about controlling global consumption if we can’t even control our own desire to eat everything?
That’s why I’m committing to practicing autophagy daily, limiting my consumption of imported foods, and prioritizing buying local food directly from farmers.
A Single Planet for All Humanity 