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Government commits to reduce deforestation to lower emission. REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Indonesia has successfully decrease deforestation by 75.03 percent from 2019-2020. It has reached 115.46 thousand ha. The number is declining from that of 2018-2019, which is 462.46 thousand ha. The data is released by Directorate General of Forest Planning and Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. “Seeing the latest trend of deforestation, we have a relatively low numb...

Andrea Salazar, Associate Superintendent/Chief Business and Operations Officer SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There will be three new principals at Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) this fall as well as leaders in four newly created positions at the district office and the digital learning academy. Those new positions are Director of Elementary Education, Director of Secondary Education, Associate Superintendent/Chief Business and Operations Officer, Associate Superintendent/Chief Educat...

by Ifham Nizam Wildlife Conservation Department and Forest Department officers are up in arms over a circular which prevents them from filing legal action against government institutions which permit deforestation and other illegal acts in violation of the Fauna and Flora Ordinance. “This is tantamount to turning a blind eye when the country’s forests are being destroyed”, a Wildlife Department officer said, referring to the directive by the Secretary to the State Ministry of Wildlife Pro...

Coronavirus: India’s unplanned lockdown unleashed fresh hell for its Adivasis The government’s neglect of livelihood support measures has pushed indigenous communities into a deeper crisis. Dec 20, 2020 · 01:30 pm Adivasis discuss how they feel the insecurity of not having rights over the land where they are staying in Jharkhand. | Sushmita/ The Third Pole The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged lives and livelihoods across the world. As India became the second worst-hit...

December, 15, 2020 On the 8 th of December 2020, the National Parks of Sri Lanka were closed to the public as the employees of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) took industrial action to protest the unjust public castigation, by a State Minister, of two of its officers for doing nothing more than try and uphold the principles of conservation, the very core of what they are supposed to do.  Astonishingly, the Minister in question was, no less, than one of those who are given respons...