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ASEAN-China FTA becomes hot topic among business timber entities talks. More Indonesian businessman are worrying about Chinese products that will flood Indonesia’s markets because of the agreement. Chinese products are known as cheaper, mimic and some of them are below-average quality.

The ASEAN-China FTA agreement was signed about ten years ago in Cambodia, enabling member countries to make necessary years of preparations. Why businessman still worrying on Chinese product?

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The rich of biodiversity in Indonesia is known as largest in the world along with Brazilian’s tropical forests. Both of countries are facing deforestation effects as the agriculture lands expand rapidly. Deforestation become the most dangereous threaten to Indonesia’s biodiversity.

Indonesia’s biodiversity will be gone in 30 years, says GPF in a 2002 report. Below, GPF describes the Indonesia’s biodiversity:

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At the G20’s last summit, Indonesia announced decision to lower carbon emission level voluntarily. The target of 26 percent decrease, as explained by the Deputy III for Improving Conservation of natural resources and Environmental Degradation Control Environment, Masnellyarti Hilman –was based on calculations of emission reduction from mixed energy and renewable energy including geothermal energy, transfer functions of forests (LULUCF / Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry) and peat lands use management.

Is this announcement really significant for industrial countries, annex-1 countries or it just political movement  from developing countries to heat up the next UN Climate meeting in Copenhagen?

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