JAKARTA Indonesia has recorded mixed progress in its dual programs of restoring tropical peatlands and mangroves, acknowledging that achieving the latter goal will be far more challenging than for the higher-profile peatlands. The government has targeted restoring 1.2 million hectares (3 million acres) of degraded peatlands and 600,000 hectares (1.5 million acres) of degraded […]
The government is set to issue a regulation that will facilitate a carbon offset mechanism in the forestry and other land-use sectors, in a move that is expected to speed up the country’s rehabilitation of degraded land ecosystems, including mangrove areas.