“Parts of the money was returned to the forest and given back to the whole community to enhance their sense of ownership,” Emmy Primadona Than, project coordinator of green group Indonesian Conservation Community Warsi, told the Straits Times. “We see its big impact on the community.
“For Indonesia, retiring coal early will cost us, then it will also cost the people, it will cost the industry,” Dr Sri Mulyani was quoted as saying by Reuters. “If this is all supposed to be financed from my taxpayers’ money, that won’t work.