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.

The Role of Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve for Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser (Gunung Leuser National Park) in Aceh has been listed by UNESCO as one part of The 'Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatera', together with other two separated national parks in Sumatera (see: Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra - UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the nomiation document can be seen here : http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1167.pdf). Although the map of the national park does not include the Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve, The nomination document has introduced its important as a buffer zone area of the conservation. It is stated that the History of TNGL was actually can be traced back in 1914 when local Acehnese Leaders asked Dutch colonial government to protect the forest of Singkil and Alas (see page 47 of the nomination document). It is also mentioned in page 194 of the document that The Singkil Barat Wildlife Reserve is currently playing a significant role for the conservation of Sumateran Orangutan.

Poverty and Environmental Program by in Rwanda

Poverty and Environmental Program by ADB in Vietnam

Asia Times Online :: Jakarta rethinks forest policy

Asia Times Online :: Jakarta rethinks forest policy

The indigenous people is not supposed to take the biggest stakes for bearing the opportunity costs of forest and wildlife conservation. Most of them live in poverty which is partly occurred because of limited access to land property rights. The past policy of forest conservation with full government control has limited the availability of alternative livelihoods for those people. The new policy direction towards a greater community's rights on forest management can improve indigenous inhabitants' livelihoods. The indigenous people can be educated to take the advantages of forest in a sustainable way. In addition, the scheme for the community forest management should be design to give more opportunities for the poorest among the indigenous to participate in the scheme and take benefits of it.