News Headline
Indonesia's new forest agency head expected to speed reform
Source
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Publication Date
2014-01-08
COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The recent appointment of a new head for Indonesia’s fledgling REDD+ Agency, tasked with reducing climate-changing emissions from deforestation, is expected to accelerate tree planting and other efforts to protect forests in the Southeast Asian nation, as well as raising more funds for this work.