Canadian envoy visits RI<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Canadian Ambassador for Climate Change Jacques Bilodeau
\nvisited Indonesia last week to discuss climate change issues with
\nIndonesian officials and community representatives, the Canadian
\nEmbassy in Jakarta said.<\/p>\n
Canada is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference
\nin Montreal from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9.<\/p>\n
During his two-day visit to Indonesia, Ambassador Bilodeau
\nparticipated in a round table conference on climate change in
\nJakarta and met with senior Indonesian government officials.<\/p>\n
Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia Randolph Mank commended
\nBilodeau's visit to Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"Both Canada and Indonesia are susceptible to the significant
\nimplications that (climate change) brings about. I was pleased
\nthat Ambassador Bilodeau was able to travel to Indonesia to share
\nCanada's experience and to learn ways in which the two countries
\ncan work together to address this global issue,\" Mank said in a
\npress release sent to The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The Canadian government has established a fund called
\n\"Canadian Climate Change Development Fund\" to help people in
\ndeveloping countries address climate change issues.<\/p>\n
The fund supported two important projects -- Forest Resource
\nManagement for Carbon Sequestration project in Nunukan, East
\nKalimantan, and the Climate Change, Forests and Peatlands in
\nIndonesia project in Sumatra and Central Kalimantan. -- JP<\/p>",
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