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U.S. to Forgive Indonesian Debt in Exchange for Conservation Plan

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June 30, 2009
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WALL STREET JOURNAL, JUNE 30, 2009, 12:23 A.M. ET
U.S. to Forgive Indonesian Debt in Exchange for Conservation Plan
By TOM WRIGHT

JAKARTA
, Indonesia — The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in return for the large Southeast Asian country agreeing to protect forests on Sumatra Island, which is home to endangered tigers, elephants, rhinos and orangutan.

The deal is the largest so-called debt-for-nature swap the U.S. government has organized so far under the U.S. Tropical Forest Conservation Act and its first such pact with Indonesia, which has one of the fastest deforestation rates in the world, losing an area of forest the size of Switzerland annually.

Conservation International, the U.S.-based conservancy group, helped organize the deal, and has contributed $1 million to help reduce the debt. "This is a huge boost for people and wildlife of Sumatra, and demonstrates a forward-looking policy on the part of the U.S. government," said Jatna Supriatna, vice president of Conservation International Indonesia.

Under the deal, Indonesia will pay the nearly $30 million into a trust over eight years instead of repaying it to the U.S. government. The trust will issue grants for critical forest conservation work in 13 forest areas in Sumatra.

The U.S. in the past has organized smaller debt-for-nature swaps with countries like Guatemala, Botswana, the Philippines and Peru. Under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998, developing nations with a significant tropical forest, a democratically-elected government, and an economic reform agenda, are eligible for debt forgiveness in return for conservation efforts.

Indonesia's massive deforestation rates makes it the world's third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide behind the United States and China due to the forest fires set each year on peat lands to clear forests. Deforestation has picked up in the past decade due to a break down in law and order, but President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is standing for re-election next month, has made clamping down on illegal logging a priority.


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One response to “U.S. to Forgive Indonesian Debt in Exchange for Conservation Plan”

  1. Marlyn Sentiasa says:
    October 11, 2022 at 12:53 pm

    Wow.. that’s a very kind mission.. as an Indonesian myself, knowing the corruptions there, I don’t think it will work..
    But it might if US. is having a strict guidance like year by year plan for the next 30 or 60 years instead of directly forgiving the entire $30M….so each year the Indonesian Forest conservatory team has to provide the progress report that meet the expected goal before the $1M of debt will be forgiven for that year, and the most important thing.. Honest EXTERNAL audit team… just my 2 cents..

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