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34165
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 20:52
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GREENPEACE: RI SHOULD NOT ONLY SEEK CLIMATE CHANGE COMPENSATION FUNDS
Jakarta, Dec 5 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian delegation to the 14th UN Conference on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland, should not only aim to secure compensation funds from the rich countries, a Greenpeace official said.
Arief Wicaksono, a political adviser in Greenpeace's Southeast Asia chapter, in a release made available to Antara here on Friday, said the Indonesian delegation at the conference should not concentrate on efforts to get compensation funds from the advanced countries which would benefit the timber and palm oil industries, and take no action to reduce emission.
In addition, he added, the Indonesian delegation should take responsible action by supporting sustainable forest management procedures and forest rehabilitation.
According to him, the impact of climate change turned out to have proceeded such prediction and anticipation made by scientists, so that the government was demanded to understand the volatility of the crisis.
It was that purpose, Arief wanted the government to show their seriousness in their action by applying moratorium as soon as possible to all conserved forest including the expansion of palm oil and timber industries, believed to be the cause of the forest denudation.
"As a responsible member of the International community, Indonesia needs to reduce forest denudation-related emission," he stressed.
This however had to be combined with a stop in the use of coal thus encouraging a large scaled renewable energy investment.
Greenpeace said that many countries participating in the 14th conference in Poznan should agree that global emission will reach its peak in 2015, so that such detailed working plan to lower emission drastically should have been completed at the conference in Conpenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.
In addition, the Greenpeace also urged advanced countries to approve a targetted reduction of green house gas effect in a level of 25 percent as already stipulated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Arief Wicaksono, a political adviser in Greenpeace's Southeast Asia chapter, in a release made available to Antara here on Friday, said the Indonesian delegation at the conference should not concentrate on efforts to get compensation funds from the advanced countries which would benefit the timber and palm oil industries, and take no action to reduce emission.
In addition, he added, the Indonesian delegation should take responsible action by supporting sustainable forest management procedures and forest rehabilitation.
According to him, the impact of climate change turned out to have proceeded such prediction and anticipation made by scientists, so that the government was demanded to understand the volatility of the crisis.
It was that purpose, Arief wanted the government to show their seriousness in their action by applying moratorium as soon as possible to all conserved forest including the expansion of palm oil and timber industries, believed to be the cause of the forest denudation.
"As a responsible member of the International community, Indonesia needs to reduce forest denudation-related emission," he stressed.
This however had to be combined with a stop in the use of coal thus encouraging a large scaled renewable energy investment.
Greenpeace said that many countries participating in the 14th conference in Poznan should agree that global emission will reach its peak in 2015, so that such detailed working plan to lower emission drastically should have been completed at the conference in Conpenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.
In addition, the Greenpeace also urged advanced countries to approve a targetted reduction of green house gas effect in a level of 25 percent as already stipulated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
