Australian REDD Fail in Indonesia's Kalimantan forests

Radio Austrialia: In 2007, Australia's then foreign minister Alexander Downer inaugurated AusAIDS Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership, a project that would, in his words, make "a very real and very practical contribution to improving our environment" yielding "immediate and tangible results." The plan was to raise $100 million dollars, to enable the planting of 100 million trees and rehabilitation of 200,000 hectares of peatland on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. The protection of peat areas is considered...

URL: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/asia-pacific/australian-redd-fail-in-indonesias-kalimantan-forests/931280
Enclosure: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/ra/english/radio/asiapacific/ASP-INDO%20REDD%20FAIL_20120420.mp3