Indonesia is in the spotlight! At least three out of the six participants who did their oral presentation at the Tropentag annual conference on Tuesday (15/9), had drawn their interest on the country known to the world as the third largest forest nation after Brazil and the Republic of Congo. And the theme on forest management was a kick off with a total of 6 participants (oral presentations) focusing on case studies coming from developing countries. The latest scheme of Reducing Emission on Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) was presented by Thomas Baldauf (vTI/ von Thuenen-Institute, Institute for World Forestry, Germany), with a topic of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD): A Climate Change Mitigation Strategy on a Critical Track who focused his research in Indonesia and Madagascar. According to the speaker, and as a result to his research, the REDD scheme was seen to benefit Indonesia the most, due to the high deforestation rates in the country that was lately ranked as the 3rd largest greenhouse gas emitter due to deforestation (based on a report study released by Worldbank). Another presentation was presented by Soni Sisbudi Harsono (University of Jember, Faculty of Agriculture Technology, Indonesia) with the topic of Performing Life Cycle Assessment and Zero Waste Application for Palm Oil Processing in Indonesia. Some important conclusions were the insight of the new policy implemented which helped reduce waste from the palm oil processing. Furthermore the study suggested on the importance of the use of organic fertilizers in which it helps reduce waste. The study indicated that more of the advance companies that had already existed in Sumatra had better management of this. Another interesting result of the study, as the speaker mentioned, was about the second scenario for oil palm to be further processed as bio diesel, if price decreases in the near future. The closing oral presentation was presented by Nining Liswanti (Center for International Forestry Research/ CIFOR, Indonesia) with topic on Conflict of Use in Tropical Forests: The Impacts of Logging on Non-timber Forest Product Availability. The study suggested that most of the commercial timber species coming from the study areas have NTFP value. And while some communities benefit, to the others, it remains a threat and it is likely that women are the most to be impacted the first. A critical view came from the audience who asked about the cost and benefit resulting from the logging activities of commercial purposes, but as the speaker emphasized, it is also a question that should equally be considered, about which matters the most when comparing it to the sustainability of the livelihoods and the traditional use or indigenous knowledge of the community.