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It is A Simple Article of Mine for Preparing Reduction Emission From Reforestation and Degradation (REDD)Research In Manggarai. The Research Will be Conducted by Research Institution of Master Administrasi Public of UGM, Yogyakarta, Sponsored by Norwegian Government. BY: Emilianus Yakob Sese Tolo I. Introduction Manggarai regency is one of the regencies in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) province which has wide forest. Its forest has wide 121.192,05 Ha or 29, 28% of Manggarai land. In addition, Manggaraian forest has 15 forest areas. Out of 15 areas of Manggaraian forest, there are some areas have very bad condition. Many trees are cut down. For instance, Forest in Melar Kuwus is totally destroyed by local people for opening new land, getting wood and so on. The question is why is there big forest degradation in Manggarai? There are some answers for answering this question. Firstly, most of local people do not know about forestry and its regulation. Therefore, they firmly believe that certa

By: Emilianus Yakob Sese Tolo This Simple Article is Made For Students of University of Agder, Norway, Will be Doing Research on Komodo National Park in Flores in February of 2009. I. Introduction The Komodo National Park is a national park in Indonesia located near the Lesser Sunda Islands in the border region between the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller ones, and a total area of 1817 km² (603 km² of it land, and it proposed extension would bring the total surface area up to 2,321 km). The national park was founded in 1980 in order to protect the Komodo dragon. But, not only Komodo dragon (varanus komodoensis) which is protected, but all the species inside the National Park are protected now. However, even the whole park is protected and provides everything nice to be enjoyed, there are some irresponsible people, especially local people living in the Komodo Island, te

“Criticism is the main motive force of any intellectual development. Without criticism there would be no rational motive for changing our theories, there would be no intellectual progress”. By: Emilianus Yakob Sese Tolo I. Pengantar Hampir di semua dimensi kehidupan, dunia kita saban hari senantiasa bertapak ke arah perkembangan yang lebih maju. Oleh karaena itu, tidak heran, jika manusia dengan bangga mengukuhkan dirinya sebagai the lord and the Owner atas dunia dan seluruh isinya. Namun, seiring dengan kebanggaan itu, ada aneka nilai dan way of life yang konstruktif sifatnya runtuh berkeping-keping di bawah bayang-bayang kesombongan manusia yang terlena dengan aneka kemajuan yang justru membawa dampak yang mendua. Fakta kemajuan dunia yang mestinya mempermudah manusia untuk memanusiakan dirinya secara holistik tidak terealisir sebagaimana mestinya. Para pemimpin publik yang diharapkan bisa menyelamatkan kemelut ini justru ikut terseret dalam arus kemajuan yang membuat mereka menja