UN-REDD Indonesia

Indonesia holds the world’s third largest tropical rainforest, with forest land covering about 60% of the country’s land area. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute however to a dramatic loss of the country’s unique biodiversity, in addition to add to climate change.
 

Globally, around 17 percent of the green house gas (GHG) emissions come from forest degradation and deforestation. In Indonesia a major part of the GHG emissions are related to land degradation, inappropriate land uses, and land conversion. Consequently, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has become an eminent priority for Indonesia.
 

Forests play an integral mitigating role, as they are one of the most important carbon sinks, storing more carbon than both the atmosphere and the world’s oil reserves. In addition, forests are crucial for millions of Indonesians, living in and in the surroundings of the forests.
 

The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) was launched in September 2008, by the UN Secretary-General and the Norwegian Prime Minister. The programme for Indonesia was approved by the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board in March 2009. Indonesia is one of the nine pilot countries for the initial phase, and started its implementation phase in March 2010. The UN agencies use a coordinated approach in the UN-REDD programme, through efforts from UNDP, FAO and UNEP to ‘deliver as one’.

 
Objectives
 
The aim of the UN-REDD programme in Indonesia (click here to see the National Joint Programme Document) is to assist the Government of Indonesia in establishing and organizing a fair, equitable and transparent REDD+ architecture as well as in attaining ‘REDD-Readiness’. These objectives can only be met through close cooperation with the Indonesian Government, donors and development partners as well as civil society, NGOs and the private sector. Facilitating and strengthening multi-stakeholder discussions, participation and communication are thus crucial objectives of the programme.
 
The programme equally aims to provide a successful demonstration of establishing a ‘Reference Emissions Level’ (REL), a ‘Measurement, Reporting and Verification System’ (MRV) and fair payment system at provincial level, based on the national REDD+ architecture.
 
Due to Indonesia’s particular decentralized governance system, it is further essential to contribute to build capacity for the implementation of REDD+ also at decentralized levels, especially at the district level. The programme will therefore contribute to an inclusive process where multi-stakeholder participation and empowering of local stakeholders are imminent. UN-REDD is currently ensuring multi-stakeholder participation in the development of the National REDD+ Strategy. UN-REDD also aims to contribute to ‘lessons learned’ through its demonstration activities in Central Sulawesi as well as other parts of Sulawesi.

 

Events/ News:

  • August 2010: UN-REDD Indonesia is collaborating with BAPPENAS to develop the National REDD+ Strategy through a multi-stakeholder consultation process.
    Several activities have been conducted, including a series of focus group discussions and a public consultation for the initial draft of the strategy. This first consultation is only part of a wider public consultation process that will include broad multi-stakeholder consultations both in the regions and in capital. To see a presentation of the consultation process, click here. Draft 0 of the National REDD+ Strategy (in Bahasa Indonesia) is publicly available below. Please note that this is a working document, and only the initial draft.
     
     Chapter 1 is the Introduction,
     
     Chapter 2 provides an analysis of the main issues,
     
     Chapter 3 discusses various aspects of a National REDD+ Strategy,
     
     Chapter 4 discusses how the National REDD+ Strategy and the National REDD+ Action Plan can be      mainstreamed into the development process at national and regional/local levels,
     
     Chapter 5 concerns monitoring and evaluation, and
     
     Chapter 6 is a short conclusion.
     
    The National REDD+ Strategy is currently in the process of being translated into English and will be published here as soon as possible. The first draft of the Strategy will also be published here as soon as it is available.
     
    Public comments and inputs to the National REDD+ Strategy can be sent to nationalstrategy@un-redd.or.id and kehutanan@bappenas.go.id
     

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For more information about the UN-REDD Indonesia Programme, contact us at info@un-redd.or.id.

 

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