Experts urge the House to sign Kyoto Protocol

Experts urge the House to sign Kyoto Protocol

JAKARTA: A group of academics on Wednesday called on the House
of Representatives (DPR) to ratify the Kyoto Protocol as part of
efforts to reduce green house gas emissions.

Kamaruddin Abdullah, a scientist at the Center for Research on
Engineering Applications in Tropical Agriculture at the Bogor
Institute of Agriculture (IPB), said Indonesia would enjoy
several benefits from ratifying the Protocol, including foreign
grants.

"But there is no clear institution at present that coordinates
efforts to reduce green house gas emissions," he said.

The Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1987 in Kyoto, Japan, in
which developed countries agreed to limit greenhouse gases. --JP