REDD scheme not enough to protect forests: Telapak

At the 8th Meeting of the Asia Forest Partnership in Bali on May 28 and 29, Puspa said that in more than 50 percent of illegal logging cases, or 326 cases, filed from 2005 to 2008, courts only handed out prison sentences of 1 to 12 months to guilty parties. Only two cases saw jail sentences of three to four years. "We still have insufficient exchange of information, facilities and technologies to combat illegal logging. So far, law enforcers have only successfully apprehended those working at the lowest level," she said.