The $103.8 million fund was granted under the REDD+ programme, a U.N.-backed forestry conservation scheme to tackle climate change, based on progress Indonesia made in 2014-2016, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar said.
In June, an environment ministry official said there had been a 50% budget cut for the team that finds fires and helps put them out. Between January and July this year around 64,000 hectares have been burned, compared with 137,000 hectares over the same period last year, according to ministry data. Southeast Asia's biggest economy aims to slash carbon emissions by 29% by 2030 on its own or by 41% with international assistance.
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