Jakarta, Nov. 23 -- Indonesia has strengthened global cooperation on the protection and management of tropical peatland ecosystems through the signing of a Joint Declaration between the Forestry Interim Secretariat of the International Tropical Peatlands Centre (ITPC) and the Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC).

The declaration was signed by Deputy Chair of the Forestry Interim Secretariat of ITPC Bambang Supriyanto and GMC Director Franziska Tanneberger on the sidelines of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UNFCCC in Belem, Brazil, on Friday (November 21).

In a statement released here on Sunday, Bambang said ITPC would continue to strengthen its role as an international collaboration hub for tropical peatland management in Sout...