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CIFOR Media Coverage 2006
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- LKBN Antara -- 31 May 2006
Industri pulp dan kertas berpotensi tingkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat
Pusat Penelitian Kehutanan Internasional (CIFOR) menilai industri pulp dan kertas di Indonesia mampu meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat melalui kerjasama pengembangan Hutan Tanaman Industri (HTI) untuk memasok bahan baku. "Ada sinyal positif dalam konteks kerjasama industri dengan masyarakat. Namun kerjasama itu juga harus mampu meyakinkan masyarakat bahwa mereka memiliki bagian keuntungan," kata Dirjen CIFOR, David Kaimowitz, di Jakarta, Rabu. CIFOR dan Dephut akan secara aktif mendorong terbentuknya kerjasama ini agar pasokan bahan baku ke industri pulp dan kertas tidak lagi tergantung pada hutan alam, katanya.
- Radar Bogor -- 30 May 2006
Masyarakat masih percaya takhayul
Dalam mengantisipasi perubahan iklim ekstrem yang bakal menimbulkan bencana, pemerintah belum sepenuhnya mengadopsi sistem untuk masuk dalam langkah kebijakan politiknya. Sehingga, ketika terjadi perubahan iklim ekstrem yang berdampak menimbulkan bencana. Selain masyarakat yang menjadi korban, pemerintah juga kurang bisa bertindak dengan cepat.
- LKBN Antara -- 29 May 2006
Proyek TROFCCA bantu pemerintah untuk adopsi isu perubahan iklim
Kebijakan pemerintah untuk menghadapi isu perubahan iklim masih sebatas wacana, oleh karenanya Pusat Penelitian Kehutanan Internasional (CIFOR), yang berpusat di Bogor, Jawa Barat, melalui proyek "Tropical Forest and Climate Change Adaptation" (TroFCCA) akan membantu pemerintah untuk memformulasikan isu-isu yang bisa diadopsi dalam kebijakan pembangunan nasional. "Kick-off meeting TroFCCA Asia Tenggara bertujuan untuk memperkenalkan proyek ini ke institusi pemerintah serta menentukan isu-isu terkait dengan perubahan iklim yang perlu dimasukkan dalam agenda kebijakan pemerintah," kata koordinator proyek TroFCCA, Heru Santoso di Bogor, Senin.
- Kauppalehti (Finland) -- 24 May 2006
Raportti ennustaa selluhankkeista miljarditappioita
Sijoittajat voivat menettää jopa miljardeja dollareita metsäyhtiöiden sellutehdashankkeissa. Näin sen vuoksi, etteivät hankkeita rahoittavat pankit ole tehneet tarpeeksi huolellisia selvityksiä niiden ympäristöriskeistä ja puunhankinnan riittävyydestä. Sijoittajille voi koitua tämän vuoksi Botnian sellutehdashankkeesta Uruguayssa jopa satojen miljoonien menetykset.
- Guardian (UK) -- 24 May 2006
Pulp Friction
Chris Barr, senior policy scientist at the Indonesia-based Centre for International Forestry Research and co-author of the report, says: "Banks rarely look in much detail at where the wood will be coming from to feed these mills." The study, co-funded by the UK's Department for International Development, warns that lack of available wood could lead to an increase in the illegal logging of natural forests. Barr cites the example of the Canada-based Sino-Forest corporation, which told investors in 2000 that it potentially had access to over 600,000 hectares (over 1 million acres) for a project in China. Closer inspection suggested the figure was closer to 40,000 hectares. It didn't stop the company obtaining finance from the World Bank, whose forestry portfolio has grown to more than $1bn in recent years.
- Sueddeutsche Zeitung (German) -- 23 May 2006
Papier aus dem Regenwald; Internationale Investoren finanzieren ökologisch fragwürdige Zellstofffabriken (Paper from the rain forest; International investors finance ecologically doubtful cellulose factories)
With black leather boots to the scarcely cut bikini Evangelina Carrozo provided recently with the European Union Latin America summit in Vienna for attention. The Argentine Sambakoenigin used a press date with the met state and heads of the government, in order to protest against two planned cellulose factories in Uruguay. Greenpeace forecasts substantial ecological damage by the enterprise of the plants. On the other hand the World Bank daughter let itself Finance corporation (IFC) with an expert's assessment the safety of the project be certified internationally and promotes its most important investors - the Spanish multi-company Ence and the Finnish company Botnia - with credits at a value of 400 million US dollar. "Completely ignored thereby the question of whether there is enough wood around the factories to operate", warns David Kaimowitz, general manager of the Center for International Rorest Research (CIFOR).
- AgroIndonesia -- 23 May 2006
Kampanye hitam investasi pulp
Ibarat salesman, Menteri Kehutanan MS Kaban tidak sia-sia mempromosikan Indonesia ke Korea dan Jepang akhir April lalu. Maklum, sejumlah investor kakap siap buang duit menanam hutan di negeri ini. Namun, jualan itu belakangan terancam. Entah sengaja atau tidak, mendadak lembaga riset kehutanan internasional yang berpusat di Bogor, Cifor, mengeluarkan laporan seram.
- AgroIndonesia -- 23 May 2006
Sodokan di tengah pergeseran pasar
“Kami tidak mau menaku-nakuti calon investor. Ini juga bukan pesanan (negara maju) dan tak ada agenda tersembunyi. Kami hanya ingin lembaga keuangan dan perbankan memperbaiki uji tuntas (due diligence) terhadap proyek pabrik pulp karena tanpa analisis yang mendalam, bisa merusak lingkungan dan menimbulkan kerugian financial besar-besaran,” ujar Bambang Setiono.
- Washington Post -- 19 May 2006
Papuans idle after buzz of prosperity falls silent
As the world's tropical forests shrink in the face of economic development, many environmentalists say that the best way to defend what remains is to give the impoverished local peoples who live in their shadow limited rights to cut trees for their own profit. Millions will be lifted from poverty this way, advocates say, and will acquire along the way an incentive to preserve most of the wood for future generations. From Mexico to China and Indonesia, governments are adopting this approach. But the results can be unwelcome: scarred forests and shattered communities.
- Economistt
18 May 2006
The paper industry: trouble at mill
ACROSS the Far East, Latin America and Central Europe, new pulp mills are springing up and existing mills are being extended. But these projects may carry a much bigger financial risk than investors have realised. Many schemes have exaggerated how much timber they can fell and crack downs on illegal logging threaten to make their new mills unprofitable.
- Diario El Argentino (Argentina)
15 May 2006
Pasteras: advierten riesgos financieros
El estudio del Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional analizó el efecto de 67 plantas en todo el mundo y reveló que se perdería mucho dinero por no conocer el impacto ambiental que las mismas provocan, además de cuestionar severamente los estudios de factibilidad que realizaron las propias entidades crediticias involucradas en las iniciativas. Más allá de los riesgos ambientales, de no modificar los actuales parámetros de control, las plantas de pasta de celulosa encabezarán el ranking de empresas de alto riesgo financiero. El pronóstico, que suena como una fuerte advertencia para quienes inviertan en el sector, surge de un estudio hecho por el Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional (Cifor), con base en Indonesia.
The story also appeared in La Voz 9.01 Mhz
- Sinar Harapan (Indonesia)
May 15, 2006
CIFOR: Kurang "Due Diligence" Industri "Pulp" Dunia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) menyatakan investor internasional kurang melakukan pemeriksaan kelayakan (due diligence) pada industri pulp (bubur kayu) dunia. CIFOR menilai hal ini dapat mendorong timbulnya berbagai proyek yang salah arah yang dapat menjadikan investor, komunitas yang memanfaatkan hutan dan lingkungan hidup terperosok. “Para pendana jelas tidak mengantisipasi masalah besar yang sekarang mereka hadapi. Dan bank swasta tampaknya mengandalkan pada pihak-pihak lain untuk mengerjakan tugas memperkirakan risiko keuangan serta dampak lingkungan hidup dari proyek ini,” ujar Direktur Jenderal CIFOR David Kaimowitz dalam rilis kepada SH, di Jakarta, akhir pekan lalu.
- Saudi Press Agency
May 14, 2006
China Paper Demand Consuming Forests
Chris Barr, CIFOR Policy Scientist, calculated that Chinese demand for paper and paperboard would hit 68.6 million tones in 2010, up from 48 million in 2003 and 14.6 million tones in 1990. China, the world’s number-two paper producer after the United States, would need to cover a large part of its need from abroad, in part also due to a logging ban at home and closures of small, polluting mills that had used agricultural residues.
- International Financing Review (Asia)
May 13, 2006
Kiani Kertas resurrection comes under fire from green lobby
Despite the fact that at least two banks have looked at the deal but walked away, a US$400m financing that will enable Singapore-listed United Fiber Systems (UFS) to acquire Kiani Kertas refuses to die. Green groups have demanded that UFS and any lenders that take part in a deal guarantee that Kiani will adopt socially and environmentally sound practices.
- Paralelo32 (Argentina)
May 13, 2006
Dos puntas tiene el ovillo
Por un lado, el encuentro de Gualeguaychú con los gobernadores provinciales fortaleció la estrategia oficial sobre las papeleras. * Por el otro, Busti logró promesas de obras para la etapa final de su mandato, luego de una reunión con De Vido. * Mientras la reforma constitucional se "patea" un mes para tratar de acordar, las iniciativas ambientales y de obras resuelven flancos expuestos de la actual gestión. * Son dos puntas de un ovillo que viene muy enredado.
- El Pais (Uruguay)
May 12, 2006
Informe revela riesgo de inversión para las plantas de celulosa en Uruguay; Informe revela riesgo para las plantas
Un estudio del Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional (Cifor), con sede en Indonesia, reveló que inversiones como las previstas para Uruguay en la construcción de tres plantas de celulosa "podrían perder miles de millones por no conocer los verdaderos costos financieros e impactos ambientales de proyectos de pasta de papel en los mercados emergentes". El estudio, que demandó ocho años de investigación, tiene un aparte para las plantas de celulosa a instalarse en Uruguay.
- Environment News Service
May 12, 2006
Investors Risk Losing Billions on Environmentally Destructive Pulp Mills
Incorrect assumptions about the origins and the cost of wood used in emerging market pulp mills has led international investors to channel tens of billions of dollars worldwide into financially risky and environmentally destructive ventures, finds an analysis of 67 pulp mill projects released Thursday by the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). The CIFOR report, entitled "Financing Pulp Mills: An Appraisal of Risk Assessment and Safeguard Procedures," was funded by the European Commission and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development.
- La República (Uruguay)
May 12, 2006
Afirman que no se han realizado los debidos estudios por parte de la CFI en Río Negro
El Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional, Cifor, con sede en Indonesia, una organización dedicada a la investigación forestal internacional elaboró un informe sobre ciertas debilidades que detecta en el mercado forestal mundial y en particular en la propuesta de Botnia para nuestro país. El informe del Cifor comienza por advertir que para satisfacer la creciente demanda mundial de papel, los analistas estiman que las empresas invertirán 54 mil millones de dólares más hasta 2015, "la mayor parte en Brasil, China, Indonesia, Uruguay y los países bálticos".
- Xinhua Finance Asia (AFX)
Indonesia's Kiani investors urged to heed environmental concerns.
Potential investors in Indonesia's PT Kiani Kertas were warned by the Center for International and Forestry Research (CIFOR) to make sure the company's operations meet environmental standards before investing in the heavily indebted pulp and paper mill. 'It is imperative that a detailed wood supply plan and social environmental impact assessment be fully conducted and publicly reviewed before any decision is taken to finance (any) expansion by Kiani Kertas,' CIFOR director general David Kaimowitz said in a statement.
- AFP
May 11, 2006
Global pulp mill growth threatens forests, may collapse.
The rapidly expanding world pulp mill industry could be poised for collapse due to a failure by financial institutions to research how wood is going to be found to feed new mills, a report said. The report by the Indonesian-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) said that false assumptions about the origins and cost of wood used in emerging market mills has led investors to channel billions of dollars into financially risky and environmentally destructive ventures.
The story also appeared in Yahoo! News, Yahoo! News UK & Ireland, Republikein Namibia, Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance,
- Financial Times
May 11, 2006
Lenders fail to assess pulp mill project risks
Investors and lenders are failing to properly assess the financial risks behind pulp mill projects around the globe, setting the stage for a possible repeat of the $14bn Asia Pulp & Paper debacle that affected financial institutions worldwide, according to a new study. The results of the study released today by researchers at the Indonesia-based Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), one of the world's leading forestry research centres, come amid a major expansion in capacity in the pulp and paper industry.
The story also appeared in The Australian
- CNN International -- May 11, 2006
Report: Asia's forests face threat. Booming pulp mills endanger tropical lands, groups says
A shortage of wood to fuel growing demand from pulp and paper mills worldwide is forcing some companies to tap illegal sources while others are clear-cutting tropical forests, a leading conservation group charged Thursday. In an eight-year study, the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research, or CIFOR, also found that international investors have sunk US$40 billion (euro31.3 billion) worldwide into "financially risky and environmentally destructive" projects with little concern for their sustainability.
The story also appeared in Reuters, The Manila Times, The Jakarta Post
- Reuters Alertnet -- May 11, 2006
China paper demand consuming forests – study
China's huge appetite for paper is fueling pulp mill expansions and accelerating the loss of forests in countries such as Indonesia, a global research institute said on Thursday. David Kaimowitz, director general for the Center for International Forestry Research, told Reuters large pulp mills were being built without lenders such as the World Bank checking that the proposed mills had enough raw material.
The story also appeared in Reuters India and The Epoch Times, Yahoo! Asia News, Independent Online, The New Zealand Herald, The Malaysia Star
- Associated Press -- May 11, 2006
Report: Booming pulp mills pose threat to Asia's tropical forests
A shortage of wood to fuel growing demand from pulp and paper mills worldwide is forcing some companies to tap illegal sources while others are clear-cutting tropical forests, a leading conservation group charged Thursday. In an eight-year study, the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research, or CIFOR, also found that international investors have sunk US$40 billion (euro31.3 billion) worldwide into "financially risky and environmentally destructive" projects with little concern for their sustainability.
The story also appeared in The Jakarta Post, The Manila Times and ABS-CBNNEWS, The Standard
- Forbes Magazine -- May 11, 2006
Global pulp mill industry growth threatens forests -- Indonesia-based research
The rapidly expanding world pulp mill industry could be poised for collapse due to a failure by financial institutions to research how wood is going to be found to feed new mills, the Indonesian-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) said in a report. It said false assumptions about the origins and cost of wood used in emerging market mills has led investors to channel billions of dollars into financially risky and environmentally destructive ventures.
The story also appeared in Finance 24 (South Africa), Business Day (Thailand) and ABC News Online (Australia)
- AFP Digital (Argentina) -- May 11, 2006
Advierten Que Las Papeleras Tienen un Alto Riesgo Financiero1st PARA
El estudio del Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional analiza el efecto de 67 plantas en todo el mundo. Reveló que se perdería mucho dinero por no conocer el impacto ambiental. Cuestiona estudios de factibilidad de las entidades crediticias. Más allá de los riesgos ambientales, de no modificar los actuales parámetros de control, las plantas de pasta de celulosa encabezarán el ranking de empresas de alto riesgo financiero. El pronóstico, que suena como una fuerte advertencia para quienes inviertan en el sector, surge de un estudio hecho por el Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional (Cifor), con base en Indonesia.
The story also appeared in El Once Digital (Argentina), Diario El Argentino, La Nacion, El Herardo, El Comercio Online, La Voz 9.01 Mhz
- Agencia EFE (Spain) -- May 11, 2006
ONG advierte altos riesgos de inversión en plantas de celulosa
El Centro de Investigación Forestal Internacional (CIFOR), con sede en Indonesia, alertó hoy del alto riesgo financiero y medioambiental que supone la inversión en nuevas fábricas de celulosa de papel en países en desarrollo. En un estudio financiado por la Unión Europea (UE), CIFOR expone la reciente 'guerra del papel' entre Uruguay y Argentina por la construcción de dos grandes plantas de celulosa para señalar la ausencia generalizada de información en este ámbito.
- Globo Online (Brasil) -- May 11, 2006
Demanda por papel na China prejudica florestas, diz estudo
O enorme apetite da China por papel está aumentando a expansão de fábricas e acelerando a perda de florestas em países como Indonésia, disse nesta quinta-feira um instituto de pesquisa global. David Kaimowitz, diretor-geral do Centro de Pesquisa Internacional de Florestas (CIFOR), disse que estão sendo construídas enormes fábricas de celulose sem que os financiadores, como o Banco Mundial, monitorem se estes locais têm quantidade suficiente de matéria-prima.
The story also appeared in Terra Notícias, Yahoo! Noticias Brasil and UOL Últimas Noticícias,
- Estadao Online -- May 11, 2006
ONG adverte sobre perigo das fábricas de cellulose
O Centro para Pesquisa Florestal Internacional (Cifor), com sede na Indonésia, alertou nesta quinta-feira sobre o alto risco financeiro e ambiental que representa o investimento em novas fábricas de celulose em países em desenvolvimento. Em um estudo financiado pela União Européia, o Cifor comenta a recente "guerra do papel" entre Uruguai e Argentina, pela construção de duas grandes fábricas de celulose, para assinalar a ausência generalizada de informação sobre o assunto.
- TIME Asia Magazine -- February 19, 2006
Swallowed by the Earth: A deadly landslide in the Philippines claims hundreds of lives
Some officials were quick to blame the disaster on illegal logging, although a report last year by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Center for International Forestry Research found little connection between deforestation and major floods.
Notes: More news of the landslide in Philippine available at The Australian, 21 February 2006, title Mudslide blame shifts to sodden soil.
- NRC Handelsblad - Wetenschap & Onderwijs -- February 18, 2006
Inhabitants of rainforest help science, nature and themselves (Bewoners Regenwoud Helpen Wetenschap, Natuur En Zichzelf. Eigen woud eerst)
Local knowledge should be the basis for scientific research, according to ecologist Douglas Sheil. “In ecological and scientific studies on nature conservation, the real problems are often not addressed”, says Irishman Douglas Sheil, a tropical ecologist from the Center of International Forestry Research in Bogor (Java). Sheil believes in a different approach which he has been putting into practice since 1995 in Malinau, a rugged and still largely forested sub-province of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo.
- Republika Online -- February 17, 2006
Auction of illegal timber faces similar problems to illegal logging
Illegal logging crimes are structural and involve various people in a range of different positions. This is also true when illegal timber is auctioned.
Notes: Same story appeared in ANTARA News Wire, 19 February 2006
- Kaltim Post -- February 14, 2006
Senior forestry officials visit CIFOR’s Malinau Research Forest
CIFOR staff accompany officials to see first hand CIFOR’s research in Malinau
- Weekblad voor Wageningen UR -- February 9, 2006
Preventing conflicts in remote forests
Security issues in remote forests are often overlooked, but they are now receiving increasing attention. Forest management involves much more than trees, biodiversity and parks. It is also about handling violent conflicts, says Dr David Kaimowitz.
- All Africa: The Post (Buea) -- February 6, 2006
US Pledges Support for Cameroon Wetlands
US assists Cameroon in protecting wetlands. Cameroon ratified the global instrument for the conservation of wetlands known as the Ramsar Convention, in January this year, although it came into effect in 1971.
- Kaltim Post -- January 26, 2006
CIFOR proposes use of Adau tree
CIFOR proposes to the community and Malinau Government to cultivate Adau trees, one of the original trees of Malinau. Adau can be used for housing and furniture.
- Kompas -- January 26, 2006
Target: 3 million hectare of oil palm
A research study of CIFOR in 2004 showed that none of the 200 plots studied in the border area of East Kalimantan were suitable for oil palm plantations.
- The Jakarta Post -- January 24 and February 9, 2006
Opinions on floods and landslides in Indonesia
At least 38 major flood and landslide incidents have occurred in the last five years throughout Indonesia. It is a shocking fact, but one that has hardly touched policymakers in Indonesia. Many people wrongly think that Indonesia does not have flood-risk area mapping. On the scientific side, there is a widespread belief that forests can prevent floods by acting as giant sponges, slowing down the surface runoff and soaking up water during heavy rainfall.
- NewsVOA.com -- January 10, 2006
Does Deforestation Contribute to Drought in Horn of Africa?
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says millions of people are at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa due to drought and the effects of conflict.
- Taipei Times -- January 8, 2006
Debate over effect of logging heats up
Local environmentalists say logging in central Java worsened the situation and exposed the government's failure to reign in illegal logging which is rampant across the archipelago.
Notes: The China Post on January 11,, 2006 also released the same news under the title Indonesia disaster sets off debate over role of logging
- CBC World News -- 6 January 2006
Hope fades for landslide victims in Indonesia
The inundations this week in two regions of Java Island sparked debate about whether deforestation was to blame, but one leading conservation group cautioned against knee-jerk reactions, saying there was little scientific evidence linking logging to major landslides or floods.
Notes: The article also released in Pravda.ru, INQ7.net, CTV.ca, CBC World News, AM 940 Montreal, Star Online and Standard Radio.
- The Jakarta Post -- January 6, 2006
Relocation necessary to prevent more casualties
The sharp increase in economic and human losses attributed to flooding was simply caused by the fact that more people were living and working in flood plains
- The Green Guide -- January 03, 2006
Opinion. New Year's Resolutions: Better Your Health and the Planet'
Look beyond your local fast-food joint, and you'll see that beef is being sourced increasingly from Latin American countries like Brazil. According to the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Brazil's cattle industry is largely driven by exports, 80 percent of which came from the Amazon.
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