By Gao Jun Zhao Relevant to EUDR implementation A fully packed week – meetings with car, tire & vehicle parts manufacturers. ZC Tire, the largest Chinese tire company, is one of them. They are keeping a watchful eye on the development of EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which appears to them a bit ridiculous – ZC…
By Farhan Helmy Reflective Preface This reflection note is both personal and professional. As a mentor, reviewer, and researcher deeply engaged in environmental issues, climate change, and over the past five years, the intersecting fields of GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion) and technology, I find myself constantly seeking ways to understand complexity more…
Compiled by By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Our society will need a well-prepared information and skills to face EUDR policies to be implemented in more practical ways. According to the recent news, that the European Union’s new Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), will be enforced on December 30, 2024, will pose barriers…
Forestry Specialist Job Posting 10/Jun/2025 Closure Date : 25/Jun/2025, 4:59:00 AM Organizational Unit: FAINS – FAO Representation in Indonesia Job Type Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel) Grade Level: N/A Primary Location : Indonesia-Jakarta Duration: 12 months Post Number: N/A IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of…
The creation of handicrafts from teak wood waste is a brilliant example of sustainable innovation, providing significant benefits to communities. Instead of being discarded, small pieces, offcuts, and even roots from teak timber production are transformed into beautiful and functional items. This includes anything from intricate decorative pieces and kitchenware to small furniture and unique…
Consolidated and compiled By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Ensuring the Intact Forest Landscape (IFL) Guidelines don’t lead to excessive interpretation and can be applied effectively, we need to make them more specific. Here are some areas we can clarify: More Detailed Boundaries and Definitions Hasbillah, Tropical Forest Foundation, Member of FSC…
By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant| Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Relevant to this article The government’s homework to increase the social forestry program to 7.38 million hectares (ha) over the next seven years is challenging. The development of the Social Forestry Program is based on the fact that currently, many community groups live in and around forests….
By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia| happy.devyanto@environmental.asia The term of remediation emerged as an effort to improve a forest management. The context of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has been developed and in effect for a long time ago. Forestry development in Indonesia itself recognized sustainable forest management that was introduced around the 1990…
