Pangkat, local cuisine made from young rattan cane.

Pangkat, Menu Berbuka Khas Subulussalam - Serambi Indonesia - Independen & Kredibel

Forest products can be broadly categorized into two: timber and non-timber. The first category is more massive, and thus more degraded, in extraction while the second is less massive, and thus more sustainable, in extraction. This article shows how one type of forest products benefits people on the forests margin.
For a more complete discussion see:
http://en.kpshk.org/index.php/artikel/read/2011/01/24/1234/culinary-rattan.kpshk

Jakarta must set up forest bodies to unblock aid - Norway - AlertNet

Jakarta must set up forest bodies to unblock aid - Norway - AlertNet

The aid will certainly attract parties to access it. Will the local poor be excluded?

The Associated Press: Group criticizes global forest protection effort

The Associated Press: Group criticizes global forest protection effort

Timber from forest has very high value that attract parties whose capital are abundant. They possess power to get access to forest and to exclude the poor. What an irony...

Using Indonesian forests - Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

Using Indonesian forests - Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

New opportunities for local people living on the forest margin. it is the role of all parties to guarantee that those marginal people people who really get benefit of the new policy.

Climate forecast from Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika

.: Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika

On this site, there is information available related to the weather forecasting on the coasts of Indonesia. The information presented in this government website comprises of wind and sea condition on a particular region. The forecast is presented in daily and weekly based reports.