US Supports Indonesia To Achieve Clean Sequestration 2030, Siti Nurbaya: Deforestation Is Lower

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar. (Photo: Instagram @siti.nurbayabakar)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government is working to implement an operational plan for net sinks of greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector and other land uses (FOLU) in 2030. This effort has received support from the United States (US).

This was conveyed by the Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, when delivering the results of her meeting with the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry team, led by Senior Advisor Robert O. Blake Jr. Of course, he welcomed the support from the land of Uncle Sam. "Under the leadership of President Joko Widodo, Indonesia has consistently succeeded in reducing deforestation significantly. During 2019 to 2020, Indonesia's deforestation has been lower than in previous times," said Siti Nurbaya. , as quoted from Antara, Sunday, March 20. He added, this simultaneous reduction in deforestation reflects Indonesia's serious efforts in realizing FOLU Net Sink 2030.

At the beginning of the meeting, Robert O. Blake Jr., who is also a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, expressed his appreciation for Indonesia's efforts to rehabilitate mangrove forests. Blake believes that millions of hectares of mangrove forests in Indonesia are one of Indonesia's strengths in fighting the climate change crisis. In early March 2020, Siti Nurbaya detailed that Indonesia's 2019-2020 deforestation was recorded at around 115,000 hectares, 75 percent lower than the previous period last year. 2018-2019. From this data, it appears that Indonesia has decreased the trend of decreasing deforestation over the last two periods.

Data forecasts are still being checked for final figures, 2020-2021 deforestation could be even lower. Regarding the issue of Indonesia's economic value and carbon market, Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya emphasized that Indonesia will continue to prioritize the economic value of Indonesia's carbon in order to fulfill its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitments. Indonesia, according to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, at the COP Summit 26 November 2021. He added that the opportunity for Indonesia to participate in the international carbon market has been stated in the Presidential Regulation on the Economic Value of Nonor Carbon 98 of 2021. The derivative of the Presidential Regulation will soon be issued in the form of a Ministerial Regulation. "No part of Indonesia's carbon economic value is separated from the Presidential Regulation. Everything is in line with strong carbon governance through a single monitoring system of the National System Registry (SRN). Actions on carbon trading outside the system will face action. law enforcement," said Siti Nurbaya.