Indonesia’s new rice cultivation plan will undermine peatland restoration efforts

Source: Eco-BusinessDate: 5 June 2020 The government of Indonesia does not fully utilise knowledge about sustainable peatland management. The new rice plan will not support the restoration of degraded peatlands as rice as a dryland species does not support peat soil formation. More than 2 million he...

Navigating the way to a renewable future: Solutions to decarbonise shipping

On average, the shipping sector is responsible for 3% of annual global green-house gas emissions on a CO2-equivalent basis. International shipping represents around 9% of the global emissions associated with the transport sector. This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) exp...

Shaping shipping’s sustainable future: A quest beyond green fuels

Source: Eco-BusinessDate: 26 May 2020 A future where shipping no longer imperils people, oceans and the climate is one mariners dream of. But what does a transition to sustainable shipping really mean? Shipping is the lifeblood of the world economy. A highly efficient mode of transportation, it...

In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

Source: MongabayDate: 19 May 2020 The Indonesian government plans to establish 900,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) of rice fields in the peatlands of Borneo, in what experts say is a worrying repeat of a near-identical project in the 1990s that failed.The earlier mega rice project (MRP) resulted in...

Papua mangroves could help Indonesia coast to climate targets

​Source: Forests NewsDate: 24 March 2020 ​Indonesia - The characteristics of mangroves in a range of ecosystems – from undisturbed natural settings to areas where considerable land-use changes have occurred – should be evaluated to properly assess country-level blue carbon emissions accounting, acco...