Indonesian president calls for global efforts to reduce carbon emission

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday urged developed and developing nations to take part in the efforts to cut carbon emission to ease the danger of global warming.

President Widodo made the call as Indonesia is committed to reduce the emission by 29 percent by 2030, a release by the presidential palace said.

"We also ask developed countries and developing countries to have similar commitment," the president said in a speech in Banjar district of South Kalimantan during a tree planting campaign.

The campaign, involving hundreds of preliminary school students, is aimed to plant 10,000 trees as part of the rehabilitation of 116,000 hectares forest-fire savaged of lands in the district, the statement said.

President Widodo said that Indonesia is home to the world's third largest rainforest and has abundant forest resources. However, the country is the world's sixth biggest contributor of carbon emission.

"This is not achievement but warning for all of us," he said.

The Indonesian government has taken measures to restore the ecosystem at its vast peat land territory where heavy damage has been caused by recent massive forest and agriculture fires.

The fires occurring from July to October has damaged over 2.10 million hectares of peat land across the world's largest palm oil producing nation.

The forest fires were triggered by the annual slash-and-burn practices to clear the area for new plantations. The situation worsens this year due to the El Nino effect. Enditem