The Indonesian Embassy in Oslo has partnered with the International Center for Hydropower to offer capacity building training from Norway to Indonesian .
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Peatlands are the largest terrestrial carbon store on earth, storing more carbon than all other vegetation types in the world combined. But once peatland is destroyed it releases carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas driving climate change, into the atmosphere. Worldwide, damaged peatlands are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, annually releasing almost six percent of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The protection of peatlands is therefore a key component of global efforts to address the climate crisis.
Peatlands in Indonesia store an estimated 80 billion tons of carbon, equivalent to approximately 5 percent of all carbon stored in soil globally. At one time, Indonesia housed approximately 50 percent of the world’s total tropical peatlands, but that is rapidly diminishing as large-scale cultivation of these lands for oil palm plantations increases.
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Ministry asked to raise 2022 investment target to Rp1,200 trillion
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Minister of Investment and head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil Lahadalia. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Investment Minister and head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Bahlil Lahadalia, has said that President Joko Widodo has tasked the ministry with pulling in investment of Rp1,200 trillion in 2022. For 2022, our investment target is actually Rp985 trillion, or a maximum of Rp1,127 trillion. But the President s request to us is (to increase it to) Rp1,200 trillion, Lahadalia told Commission VI of the Indonesian Parliament during a hearing here on Monday.
“The Belgian Government has announced a ban on palm oil biofuels starting in 2022. This will directly harm palm oil small farmers across Indonesia. This is an act of trade protectionism by Belgium. Indonesia should provide a strong response to this aggressive act.
“Indonesia should consider a reciprocal ban on Belgian exports, for example milk and dairy products produced by Belgian farmers, also starting in 2022. The Belgian Government has decided to start a trade war and this hostile act has consequences in our international trading system.
“Indonesian palm oil is the most sustainable vegetable oil in the world today. It provides income, security, renewable energy and improved life chances for millions of small farmers throughout Indonesia. It is highly regrettable that the Belgian Government has decided to choose conflict instead of cooperation.”