Germany to fund climate research

Tue, 01 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BOGOR, West Java: The German government has provided DM 100
million (US$45.5 million) to help develop research on the climate
in Indonesia.

German Ambassador to Indonesia Gerhard Fulda said on Monday
that the climate research was vital in developing a forestry
policy for the country.

Fulda was speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on the
stability of the rain forests in Southeast Asia, which runs until
Thursday.

Head of the Indonesian Chapter of the Stability of Rain Forest
Margins (Storma) Edi Guhardja welcomed the cooperation between
Germany and Indonesia, saying that it would benefit both
countries. --JP

View JSON | Print