Research Guides: Understanding Indonesia: Environmental

At A Glance

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Check out this video on how the Government of Indonesia work to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

This video shows the results of the Government of Indonesia, with the assistance of UNDP and UN Environment, on how they have carried out budget tagging to define climate change mitigation spending across ministries.

Environmental

This section explores the environmental aspects in Indonesia.

International Agreements
Find out the various signed international agreements by Indonesia.
Current Issues
Find out the various current environmental issues faced in Indonesia.
Global Environmental Change in Indonesia: A Roundtable
Find out five scholars of Indonesia’s past and present reflect on the insights that the study of the country’s environment can offer.
Funding Indonesia
Find out how much does the Global Environment Facility has been funding Indonesia.
ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre
The main roles of ASMC are:
1) Monitor and assess land and forest fires, as well as the occurrence of transboundary smoke haze for the ASEAN region.
2) Conduct seasonal and climate predictions for the ASEAN region.
Longest Rivers In Indonesia
Four of Indonesia's longest rivers can be found in the Kalimantan provinces on the island of Borneo.

Sugi, president director of PT Tirta Marta, a flexible packaging company based in Tangerang, Indonesia. Sugi implores us not to "say no to plastic" as long as it can be made bio-available. His products already dominate the market in Jakarta and he explains how the humble cassava could provide major benefits for the rest of the world as well.

Videos

Let's hear Indonesia's sixth President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been recognized in the Policy Leadership category for his environmental stewardship.

Professor Sanjay Swarup from NUS Environmental Research Institute explains why are the forest fires still burning in spite of Indonesia’s best efforts to put them out? The haze has affected millions of people across Southeast Asia.