JAKARTA, 06/2 (Bis­nis Indone­sia): The Indone­sian Eco­lable Insti­tute (LEI), s a Com­mu­nity Based Orga­ni­za­tion (CBO) of which mis­sion is to give shape to sus­tain­able and fair for­est man­age­ment prac­tices, stated that encour­ag­ing the rise of for­est indus­try does not nec­es­sar­ily mean clear­ing out for­est areas

“The gov­ern­ment needs to seek other alter­na­tives from com­mu­nity for­est plan­ta­tion and non-wood for­est prod­ucts. Non-wood for­est prod­ucts gen­er­ated from sus­tain­able com­mu­nity based nat­ural for­est might con­tribute to state income through the car­bon trade scheme,” said Indra S Dewi, LEI’s Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Advo­cacy Man­ager, Yesterday.

LEI is going to hold CBO Con­gress II today in Bogor. The Min­istry of Forestry, MS. Kaban is sched­uled to open the Con­gress. (bisnis/msb)