Jakarta, Aug. 19 -- Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq stated that preserving Indonesia's biodiversity can provide dual economic benefits, not only in terms of carbon value but also about ecosystem services.

"Biodiversity is an asset in national development, including its value as a genetic resource. There are dual benefits in the close connection between biodiversity and carbon, where what we recognize as non-carbon benefits in the form of ecosystem services and their sustainability," he said here on Tuesday.

Speaking at the launch of the "Current Status of Indonesia's Biodiversity in the Sumatra and Sulawesi Ecoregions" organized by the National Development Planning Ministry (Bappenas), Nurofiq stressed that without preserve...