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How goats can save the forests |
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
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Oyos Saroso H.N. , The Jakarta Post , Way Tenong, West Lampung Rabu Pekon Gunungterang market in Way Tenong, West Lampung, was much busier than usual on the morning of the village’s 2009 Kartini Day celebration. All the villagers had gathered in the market – not to buy and sell, but to take part in organic plant competitions. They were also there for the official ceremony of the Integrated Livestock Healthcare Office self-supporting project, which would include the launch of a Goat Aid program, in which a total of 76 goats were given to 19 households. Those goats are helping to save the forest. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 May 2009 )
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Enjoying the benefits of advances in organic farming |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 |
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Oyos Saroso H.N. , The Jakarta Post , Way Tenong | Fri, 05/01/2009 Four years ago, then West Lampung regent Erwin Nizar asked the Home Ministry to let the regency lead the way as a conservation-based regency, a move prompted by its abundance of forested areas. Of the 495,000 hectares of forest in West Lampung, 76 percent are national parks, protected forests and limited production forests. Despite this figure, more than 50 percent of the wooded areas in West Lampung have been severely damaged by illegal logging, funded by financiers from outside the province. As forested areas in Bukit Barisan National Park are gradually converted into coffee plantations, a large number of local residents remain untouched by the newfound wealth. Residents and environmental groups have embraced the establishment of West Lampung as a conservation-based regency, especially since farming communities in Lampung are already familiar with the land conservation method, introduced in 1999 and later followed up by community-based forest management. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 01 May 2009 )
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