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Italyinus in significant deforestation.
The report, published by organisations such as Earth Insight,
Auriga Nusantara and Forest Watch Indonesia highlights the
risk of negative impacts from biomass energy policies.

A guide for smallholders on EUDR
Indonesia, Malaysia and the European Union plan a practical
guide to the EUDR for smallholders according to the Council
of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC).
The guide will be for smallholders and small businesses
better management of social forestry programmes especially in the palm oil, coffee, rubber, timber and cocoa sectors.
in terms of improving human capital and institutional capacity CPOPC is an intergovernmental organisation for palm oil
as well as developing business aspects. producing countries.

Indonesia has said it fears the regulation risks driving
Innovative funding to support conservation activities smallholders and SMEs out of the global supply chain.
The Indonesian government is in the process of preparing
a regulation that will allow for funding innovations aimed Indonesia and UNEP establish cooperation on
at supporting conservation activities as part of the Law on environment and forestry
Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Ecosystems Before the change of government the former Ministry of
(KSDAHE). Environment and Forestry and the UN Environment Programme

Satyawan Pudyatmoko, the Director General of Natural (UNEP) agreed on cooperation in the fields of environment
Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (KSDAE) at the and forestry, including the conservation and sustainable use
Ministry of Forestry stated that there is a significant funding of natural resources.
gap for biodiversity management. The cooperation was founded in a memorandum of
He highlighted that an estimated Rp33.6 trillion is needed understanding (MoU) by former Environment and Forestry
annually but the available funds amount to only Rp10.2 trillion, Minister, Siti Nurbaya and Regional Director of UNEP in Asia
which includes allocations from the State Budget. He mentioned and the Pacific, Dechen Tsering.
that there is potential funding, including grants from various Dechen said that through this collaboration the UNEP will
international sources in line with the global commitments. provide support for priority programmes related to environmental

and forestry issues as well as commitments and initiatives at
Could wood energy boom threaten SE Asian forests the international, regional, and national levels.
and communities?
Research presented at the recent ASEAN Summit has warned Trade Minister hoping to wrap up IEU-CEPA talks
of threats to Southeast Asia's tropical forests due to the rapid The new Minister of Trade, Budi Santoso, has affirmed that
growth of the wood-to-energy sector. he will pursue the speedy conclusion of negotiations on the
The report, ‘Unheeded Warnings: Forest Biomass Threats Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership

to Tropical Forests in Indonesia and Southeast Asia’, suggests Agreement (IEU-CEPA).
energy policies push a “false climate solution” that could result He noted that the deadline for the completion of the