ITTO aid for RI forests<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The International Tropical Timber Organization
\n(ITTO) yesterday agreed to provide Rp 2.5 billion (US$1.15
\nmillion) in grant to the Indonesian government to support the
\nconservation of Bentuang Karimun forests in West Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
B.C.Y. Freezailah, the executive director of ITTO, signed the
\ngrant agreement with Director General of Forest Conservation
\nSoedjadi Hartono in a ceremony here, which was attended by
\nMinister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo.<\/p>\n
Freezailah said that ITTO helps finance the socio-economic and
\nbiodiversity research to preserve the 800,000 hectares of forests
\nin Bentuang Karimun, whose location is close to the Lanjak
\nEntimau conservation of Sarawak, Malaysia.<\/p>\n
He said that Indonesia and Malaysia will jointly conduct the
\nresearch to help increase the social welfare of indigenous people
\naround the forests.<\/p>\n
The project is aimed to improve the forest management system
\nwhich is not only stressed on species and ecosystem conservation
\nbut also the interests of local people.<\/p>\n
The two countries will sign an agreement in October to manage
\nthe natural forest resources and develop eco-tourism in Bentuang
\nKarimun. (yns\/09)<\/p>",
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