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Indonesian 'legal' timber scheme could be greenwashing illegal products, NGOs warn

2014-04-07 07:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Flaws in the countrys system to verify legal wood products could have implications for trade with Europe, as new research suggests even certified companies in Indonesia may not be meeting EU standards Indonesian civil society groups have called on their government to reform its legal timber certification system, pointing to widespread illegal practices among certified companies and an auditing system that is almost impossible for companies to fail. The Anti Forest-Mafia Coalition, a group...

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Ancient Indonesian Climate Shift Linked To Glacial Cycle

2014-03-25 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: Using sediments from a remote lake, researchers from Brown University have assembled a 60,000-year record of rainfall in central Indonesia. The analysis reveals important new details about the climate history of a region that wields a substantial influence on the global climate as a whole. The Indonesian archipelago sits in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool, an expanse of ocean that supplies a sizable fraction of the water vapor in Earth`s atmosphere and plays a role in propagating El Nio cycles. Despite...

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Marubeni pleads guilty to bribing Indonesian officials

2014-03-21 16:37:27| Food - Topix.net

Marubeni Corp has agreed to pay US$88 million and plead guilty to charges by US prosecutors that the Japanese trading company paid high-ranking government officials in Indonesia to secure a lucrative power project, the Justice Department said on Wednesday [NEW YORK] Marubeni Corp has agreed to pay US$88 million and plead guilty to charges by US ... (more)

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