Climate change: Why Indonesia's forests are crucial to emission curbs

Negotiators in Paris say it's essential to safeguard tropical forests in order to curb carbon emissions. Indonesia ranks among the top five emitters because of its errant forestry practices. In early October, Widodo cut short his first trip to the United States to return to Indonesia to deal with the raging fires. It was a symbolic gesture that Louis Verchot, director of environment research at the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research, hopes he will follow with much-needed reforms. “He’s giving some of the right signals,” Mr. Verchot says. “Whether he has the ability to address the root causes of these fires has yet to be seen.”  The news also published in Yahoo! News  and Sports - Yahoo! News UK.