Canadian envoy visits RI

Canadian envoy visits RI

JAKARTA: Canadian Ambassador for Climate Change Jacques Bilodeau
visited Indonesia last week to discuss climate change issues with
Indonesian officials and community representatives, the Canadian
Embassy in Jakarta said.

Canada is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference
in Montreal from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9.

During his two-day visit to Indonesia, Ambassador Bilodeau
participated in a round table conference on climate change in
Jakarta and met with senior Indonesian government officials.

Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia Randolph Mank commended
Bilodeau's visit to Indonesia.

"Both Canada and Indonesia are susceptible to the significant
implications that (climate change) brings about. I was pleased
that Ambassador Bilodeau was able to travel to Indonesia to share
Canada's experience and to learn ways in which the two countries
can work together to address this global issue," Mank said in a
press release sent to The Jakarta Post.

The Canadian government has established a fund called
"Canadian Climate Change Development Fund" to help people in
developing countries address climate change issues.

The fund supported two important projects -- Forest Resource
Management for Carbon Sequestration project in Nunukan, East
Kalimantan, and the Climate Change, Forests and Peatlands in
Indonesia project in Sumatra and Central Kalimantan. -- JP