Indonesian trees 3 VSOs

Indonesian trees

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March 10th 2007
Hello everyone. The main feature this month is a study tour to Kuningan in West Java, Indonesia. It was arranged through an EU / VSO funded project for knowledge and skills sharing across South East Asia. The focus was on community involvement in forest management. We visited two field sites, at the first the timber company has entered into a sharing agreement with local people giving them access ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more