House set to ratify Kyoto Protocol<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: After hearing from various sources, the House of
\nRepresentatives and the government will begin discussing on
\nThursday a plan to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.<\/p>\n
Effendi Choirie, deputy chairman of House Commission I for
\nforeign affairs, said on Wednesday State Minister for the
\nEnvironment Nabiel Makarim would represent the government during
\nthe deliberations.<\/p>\n
The legislators, Choirie said, had sought opinions from the
\nIndonesian Forum for the Environment and the association of
\nmining firms on the protocol.<\/p>\n
The protocol, endorsed in 1997, mandates all signatories to
\nreduce emissions of harmful gases.<\/p>\n
Choirie said environmental activists had urged legislators to
\nconsider the interests of farmers and fishermen, who have been
\nbadly affected by the greenhouse effect. -- JP<\/p>",
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