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Karin Holzknecht
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 August, 2011)_The severe restrictions on human activity in protected forest areas in Indonesia is threatening the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities and leading to a "conservation deadlock", with protected forests being invaded and destroyed by those that claim rights to the area. The Ministry of Forestry is now considering designating ‘special use’ zones to encourage these communities to manage parks collaboratively, reports a new study.
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Budhy Kristanty
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 August, 2011)_The government of Indonesia, through the President’s Unit for Development Control and Monitoring (UKP4), has launched a public disclosure process to stimulate and encourage inputs for the National Strategy for REDD+, a mechanism to give incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
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Terry Sunderland
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 August, 2011)_Traditional means of conservation have entailed the annexation of land where human activities are strictly controlled or curtailed: so-called “fortress conservation”. There remain today strong advocates of biodiversity conservation through the establishment of protected areas where the social and economic costs of exclusion are regarded as a necessary means of protecting biodiversity for the greater global good.