bapak bundhas , bapak belur. rakyatnya yang mesti nanggung utang di kemudian hari.
--- In [email protected], "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > Refleksi : Banyak juga mengalir dana bantuan luar negeri ke Indonesia yang > dinyatakan berpendapatan per capita US$ 3.000,-- Kalau USA memberikan $ > 700,-- juta ditambah dengan dari Norwegia $ 1,-- miliar dan dari Perancis $ > 300,- juta, berarti untu menghijau negeri sedang gundul telah ada dana $ 2,-- > miliar untuk hutan. Insyaalloh penghijauan Indonesia benar hijau mengkilat > dalam waktu singkat, bukan hijau gurun pasir. > > Kalau ditambah lagi dengan bantuan dari Australia $ 500,-- juta untuk > pendidikan dan $ 250,-- juta untuk orang miskin, berarti dalam tahun ini > tanpa banyak jungkir balik datang bantuan sudah $ 2.750 juta. Kalau ditinjau > jumlah bantuan ini mendekati bantuan IGGI kepada rezim Pak Harto tiap tahun. > Pak Harto diberi gelar oleh para pendukungnya Bapak Pembangunan. > > Kalau Pak Harto diberi gelar Bapak Pembangunan, maka gelar apakah yang Anda > berikan untuk SBY? > > http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/obama-set-to-reveal-700m-forest-funding/404830 > > Obama Set to Reveal $700m Indonesian Forest Funding > Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Reuters | November 03, 2010 > > Jakarta. US President Barack Obama is expected to use his brief visit to > Indonesia next week to announce hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to > help the nation tackle climate change, a senior official said on Wednesday. > > Obama, who is scheduled to visit the country on November 9, is likely to > announce $700 million for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a development > fund formed under the Bush administration. > > The foreign aid fund, which provides poorer countries with large grants to > fund domestic poverty reduction through sustainable economic growth, can also > include funding for climate change and forest conservation. > > Indonesia's forests and seas are widely expected to be at the heart of coming > efforts to boost ties between Washington and Jakarta and to step up the fight > against climate change, officials and other sources said. > > Agus Purnomo, a presidential staffer focusing on climate change, said that if > Obama did publicly announce the funding commitment, it would mark the > country's first concrete action to contribute to Indonesia's battle against > climate change and would affirm Washington's seriousness in contributing to > the issue. > > "The US and Norway had each made a pledge for $1 billion dollars in > fast-track funding committed in the Copenhagen Accord, but for a year the US > side has not acted. No numbers [for climate change funding] at all," he said. > > Indonesia has some of the world's most complex and diverse forests but also > one of the highest deforestation rates. > > Saving them from illegal logging and unsustainable clearing for agriculture > and mining could help the country meet its goals to cut greenhouse emissions > - the third-highest globally according to the World Bank, taking into account > deforestation and land use. > > It would also help the United States in its goal to fight climate change, and > help Indonesia become a source of tradeable forest carbon offsets that would > help polluting US industries meet future targets to cut emissions. > > Although Agus said he was not sure about the funds that would be committed, > he estimated that the country could get $200 million from the MCC and maybe > another $200 million from another, unspecified fund. > > Meanwhile, Teguh Surya, head of advocacy at the Indonesian Forum for the > Environment (Walhi), said the funding commitment should wait until Indonesia > was ready to manage the money. > > "Obama's good intention should be appreciated; however, we still don't have > any clear mechanism to manage this money. It would be open to misuse," Teguh > said. > > He added that what the country needed most was funding for climate change > adaptations - such as weather early warning systems for fishermen - rather > than mitigation efforts. > > Furthermore, he said, Yudhoyono should push the United States for radical > emissions reductions of its own, to show that US funding was not simply a way > of preparing Indonesia to enter the carbon market. > > The visit could also reveal details about implementing a four-year program > worth up to $40 million to fight deforestation, reduce the loss of > biodiversity and improve land management. > > That scheme was announced earlier this year. > > Details may also emerge of a further $20 million for marine conservation, a > source said, while steps to promote clean energy development could also be > announced. > > The United States has an interest in protecting Indonesia's forests not just > because of the valuable role they play sucking greenhouse gases out of the > air, but also as a key part of a potential future forest offsets trading > industry, observers say. > > "They are trying to find a way to protect their future offsets but they have > also seen how important Indonesian forests are for the global climate > crisis," said Jakarta-based Greenpeace forest campaigner Bustar Maitar. > > > [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! 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