Jakarta Post: Following the article on how Indonesia could benefit from carbon trading through use of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism (The Jakarta Post, June 24, 2008), we need to clarify some underlying problems before we can use the scheme to our benefit. The REDD program is very attractive because of the financial incentives it could provide if Indonesia were to implement measures to reduce its current — and devastating — rates of deforestation. …