http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/9/9/yudhoyono-hopes-ri-australia-partnership-will-improve-peoples-welfare/
09/09/07 11:04 Yudhoyono hopes RI-Australia partnership will improve people`s welfare Sydney (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia-Australia partnership on forest preservation was expected to improve the welfare of people and protect the habitat of orangutans in Kalimantan. "Though Kalimantan belongs to Indonesia, the benefits of its forests, peat land and biodiversity are also felt by other countries," the Indonesian head of state said here on Sunday after witnessing the signing of an Indonesia-Australia partnership agreement on forests and climate preservation in Kalimantan worth A$100 million. He said that damage to Kalimantan`s biodiversity would constitute a loss of opportunity to improve people`s conditions and of peat land contributions to keep carbon that would cause more damage to climate. "This partnership is an important part of a great effort, namely a response to the challenge of climate change which became part of the Sydney Declaration that we have just adopted in the APEC summit," the Indonesian president said. The partnership is also part of a national action plan on sustainable management of peat land and climate change now being formulated by Indonesia. In the meantime, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that the partnership cooperation further strengthened both nations` relations in reducing CO2 gas emission. He said that peat land fires in Indonesia was one of the biggest green house gas emission contributors. The agreement indicated the commitment of the two governments to handle climate change through a practical action and strong international cooperation. The partnership was intended to preserve 70 thousand hectares of peat land, irrigate 200 hectares of dried peat land and to plant 100 million trees on peat land in Kalimantan. Downer said that with that cooperation it was expected that at least 700 million tons of green house gas emission would be reduced in the coming 30 years. (*_ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
