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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - At a stakeholder event held during a visit to North Sumatra, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced a follow-up to his previous ground-based move to expand access to indigenous and local community groups, by adding more than half a million hectares, or nearly 7 times the size of Singapore, for social forestry and agrarian reforms across 20 provinces (Feb 3).
In response to the addition of these areas, the country's Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya indicated that, as of the beginning of February this year, more than 7.6 million hectares had already been legally granted for social forestry and agrarian reforms, the equivalent of over 104 times the size of Singapore.
"This also forms part of Indonesia's 2030 Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) net carbon sink target which is one of our legally-binding climate targets, as detailed by President Jokowi in his speech at COP26," she explained.
Indonesia's FOLU 2030 net carbon sink target technically aligns with efforts to end net deforestation by that year, as pledged by world leaders at COP26 and later confirmed by the UK Prime Minister's spokesperson which FORESTHINTS.NEWS reported in mid-December last year.
To be clear, the pledge made at COP26 was not to end deforestation as such by 2030, but rather to end net deforestation by that year.
The chart below, based on data from Indonesian forestry authorities, shows the areas that had been legally granted for social forestry and agrarian reforms respectively by the beginning of this month.
As underlined by President Jokowi and reaffirmed by Minister Nurbaya, the abovementioned legally-granted areas - in addition to being partly used for community-based forest rehabilitation efforts - need to become productive so as to provide for sustainable local livelihoods.
President’s clear order
Indonesia's 2030 FOLU net carbon sink target is at the core of the landmark presidential regulation which contains the country's legally-binding climate targets and explicitly includes social forestry and agrarian reforms.
"None of our climate targets are mere pledges. On the contrary, they are all legally binding, which proves that Indonesia sits firmly in a legal corridor when it comes to meeting our climate targets. This is a clear order from President Jokowi," Minister Nurbaya asserted.
"Indonesia's 2030 FOLU net carbon sink target along with energy transition and low-GHG emission development programs are among our powerful efforts to achieve climate resilience in Indonesia by 2050," she added.
The announcement by President Jokowi in early January this year of the revocation of palm oil and forestry permits for concessions spanning millions of hectares was confirmed by the minister to be part of climate efforts aimed at reaching Indonesia's 2030 FOLU net carbon sink target, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Jan 7).
As also recently reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Jan 21), Minister Nurbaya pointed out that all of Indonesia's climate targets are listed in the landmark presidential regulation, which also encapsulates the country's climate position during its G20 Presidency this year.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - At a stakeholder event held during a visit to North Sumatra, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced a follow-up to his previous ground-based move to expand access to indigenous and local community groups, by adding more than half a million hectares, or nearly 7 times the size of Singapore, for social forestry and agrarian reforms across 20 provinces (Feb 3).
In response to the addition of these areas, the country's Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya indicated that, as of the beginning of February this year, more than 7.6 million hectares had already been legally granted for social forestry and agrarian reforms, the equivalent of over 104 times the size of Singapore.
"This also forms part of Indonesia's 2030 Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) net carbon sink target which is one of our legally-binding climate targets, as detailed by President Jokowi in his speech at COP26," she explained.
Indonesia's 2030 FOLU net carbon sink target technically aligns with efforts to end net deforestation by that year, as pledged by world leaders at COP26 and later confirmed by the UK Prime Minister's spokesperson which FORESTHINTS.NEWS reported in mid-December last year.
To be clear, the pledge made at COP26 was not to end deforestation as such by 2030, but rather to end net deforestation by that year.
The chart below, based on data from Indonesian forestry authorities, shows the areas that had been legally granted for social forestry and agrarian reforms respectively by the beginning of this month.
As underlined by President Jokowi and reaffirmed by Minister Nurbaya, the abovementioned legally-granted areas - in addition to being partly used for community-based forest rehabilitation efforts - need to become productive so as to provide for sustainable local livelihoods.
President’s clear order
Indonesia's 2030 FOLU net carbon sink target is at the core of the landmark presidential regulation which contains the country's legally-binding climate targets and explicitly includes social forestry and agrarian reforms.
"None of our climate targets are mere pledges. On the contrary, they are all legally binding, which proves that Indonesia sits firmly in a legal corridor when it comes to meeting our climate targets. This is a clear order from President Jokowi," Minister Nurbaya asserted.
"Indonesia's 2030 FOLU net carbon sink target along with energy transition and low-GHG emission development programs are among our powerful efforts to achieve climate resilience in Indonesia by 2050," she added.
The announcement by President Jokowi in early January this year of the revocation of palm oil and forestry permits for concessions spanning millions of hectares was confirmed by the minister to be part of climate efforts aimed at reaching Indonesia's FOLU 2030 net carbon sink target, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Jan 7).
As also recently reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Jan 21), Minister Nurbaya pointed out that all of Indonesia's climate targets are listed in the landmark presidential regulation, which also encapsulates the country's climate position during its G20 Presidency this year.
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