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International forestry summit held in Bali
24/02/2010
A co-operative of nations has met in Bali, Indonesia to discuss solutions to deforestation and rainforest destruction in their respective countries. The location is fitting: Indonesia has both the highest rainforest cover in Asia and some of the most endangered forest in the world.
Representatives from the Forest 11 - which is made up of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, Congo, Cameroon, Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Malaysia and Gabon - met yesterday to try and increase levels of co-operation between the countries to protect the world’s remaining areas of rainforest through agreements and forestry investment.
The Forest 11 may need to rename itself the Forest 14 after three more nations joined the group. Following yesterday's meeting, Guyana, Suriname and Guatemala became members of the co-operative.
Marty Natalegawa, the foreign minister of Indonesia, commented on the new member nations: "The F-11 member states agreed to accept the three new members not only because of their rainforest, but because of their shared vision and mission on forests." Natalegawa added that, in the past, discussions on rainforest protection between the nations had "the tendencies to be negative" [sic] but that the recruitment of three new member nations was very positive news.
Representatives from the Forest 11 - which is made up of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, Congo, Cameroon, Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Malaysia and Gabon - met yesterday to try and increase levels of co-operation between the countries to protect the world’s remaining areas of rainforest through agreements and forestry investment.
The Forest 11 may need to rename itself the Forest 14 after three more nations joined the group. Following yesterday's meeting, Guyana, Suriname and Guatemala became members of the co-operative.
Marty Natalegawa, the foreign minister of Indonesia, commented on the new member nations: "The F-11 member states agreed to accept the three new members not only because of their rainforest, but because of their shared vision and mission on forests." Natalegawa added that, in the past, discussions on rainforest protection between the nations had "the tendencies to be negative" [sic] but that the recruitment of three new member nations was very positive news.
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