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Two Community Forests to Pass SCBFM LEI Certification
More and more sustainable community forest management units have successfully obtained LEI certification. Two community forest management units in Bangkalan and Probolinggo, East Java have been declared to pass the assessment for certification based
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Ecolabel Certificate to Boost Furniture’s Marketability
Wood certification is now one of the main requirements for furniture export. Community forest in Wonogiri, Central Java and Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta is now capable of producing one of the certified raw materials. Communities residing in the areas
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Misman: Pioneer of first sustainable forests
Misman might look like your ordinary villager, but the 59-year-old community figure is responsible for transforming his barren Central Java village of Selopuro into Indonesia’s first certifiable sustainable forest. Before the 1980s, Selopuro villa
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Join Release: MoU between FSC and LEI
FSC and LEI announce collaboration to advance responsible forest management in Indonesia BONN, Germany (31 May 2010) - The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) have announced the launch of an 18-month collabor
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APHI Proposes that LEI/FSC Certified Forest Can Export Logs
In the initial phase, the permit for log product export is granted to wood products certified by the Indonesian Ecolabeling Institute (LEI) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The above statement is excerpted from an article published by Bisnis
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Certification, A Challenge for Forest Sustainability
Tuesday, Mei 04, 2010 (SoloPos): The people living in southern part of Java, from Gunungkidul in Yogyakarta, to Batuwarno in Wonogiri and Pacitan in East Java are very lucky for they have been successful in transforming an arid, barren and rocky area
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Sources of Water and Livelihood Emerge
Monday, Mei 03, 2010 (SoloPos): Water spurts up to more than 10 meters high when the water pump lever of the drilled-well is turned open, creating raindrops like in the surrounding area. Those gathering around the well run away to avoid the waterdro
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Reforestation Raises Living Standards in Central Java
Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Fri, 05/14/2010 9:56 AM | The Archipelago: Reforestation efforts are benefiting local residents in Selopuro, Wonogiri, Central Java, as they are not only keeping forests green, they are raising living
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From Rocky Area to Greenery
It surely is not an easy task to transform the dry arid land that stretches out from Gunungkidul, Wonogiri to Pacitan in southern part of Java into profitable forests. SOLOPOS journalist, Suharsih, writes on her two day journey (Wednesday-Thursday, 2
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Sustainable Community Forest Management Helps Save Watershed
(Vibizdaily-National) Sustainable community forest management is an example of community activity that brings positive impacts on the watershed conservation and land coverage restoration, said spokesperson for the Indonesian Ecolabeling Institute, In
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