Reflective Preface

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…

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Are We Ready Working with Remediation?

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…

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Waste Management in Indonesia

Waste management in Indonesia faces significant challenges, including high waste production and limited management facilities. Most waste still ends up in landfills. Efforts such as reducing single-use plastics, community-based management, and recycling programs are being implemented. However, public awareness and adequate infrastructure still need to be improved continuously. Resiko Pengelolaan Sampah di Indonesia Risiko pengelolaan…

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CFC offers Financial Support to SMEs/Enterprises/Businesses, Cooperatives & Institutions

Deadline 1 October 2024 The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) invites applications for financial support from qualifying projects. The CFC can offer a range of financial and technical instruments of support to meet specific needs of SMEs/enterprises/businesses, cooperatives, and institutions along the entire commodity value chain in its member countries. Eligible projects are based in…

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Challenges in Natural Resources Management: Why multiple approaches are needed?

Consolidated and compiled By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Why are multiple approaches needed? Common ways to resolve potential or latent conflicts: The key is to select the most appropriate strategy (or combination of strategies) based on the specific context, the nature of the conflict, the relationship between the parties, and the…

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How do small holders support certification

Compiled by By Happy Tarumadevyanto | Independent Consultant | Environmental Asia | happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Small farmers face many challenges. In the midst of globalization, it is important for these farmers to understand the situation and conditions so that they can survive. Regarding small farmers, there are categories of farmers as follow: sharecroppers and landowners. Sharecroppers The socio-economic…

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ITTO Fellowship

https://www.itto.int/fellowship ITTO offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines. The goal is to promote the sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and better economic information about the international trade…

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How Equality is Formed

When you are recruited to work at a new company and sit in a leadership position (whatever the level), being humble is necessary. There’s no need to be “as if” the smartest. Being humble in social interaction especially in an organization is also important to create equality and encourage other parties to speak out. Even…

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Biden Pushes Back: US Wants EUDR Delay Over “Impossible Standards”

Source 🚨Biden Pushes Back: US Wants EUDR Delay Over “Impossible Standards” 🌍 The European Union’s EUDR—slated to come into effect later this year—is facing significant opposition after the Biden Administration urged a delay in the rollout of the “impossible standards.” 🔍 Key Insights: 1️⃣ Global Concerns: Twenty of 27 European Agricultural Ministers have already called…

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