Indonesia's forests are one of the richest on earth and number one in biological diversity. The Indonesian government has classified more than 120 million hectares of forest area in Indonesia, almost twice the size of France.
Of the 120 million hectares, Indonesia's forests are divided into three, 18% is used as a national park, 25% is for protection forest, and the remaining 57% is for production forest. The total forest area designated for production is 69 million hectares. However, only 45% of landscapes are licensed to private companies as natural production forests or timber plantations. This places the remaining 55% of production forest not included in the concession licensing system and is very risky because there is no institution to ensure the governance of these forests.
As of September 2022, the government increased the target from 29 to 31.89 percent on its own and from 41 to 43.20 percent with global support in 2030. Based on the National Determined Contribution (NDCIndonesia), the contribution of reducing emissions from the forestry sector and other land uses (FOLU) of 59.76 percent or 714 million tonnes of Co2 equivalent.
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This commitment to achieving GHG emission reduction from the FOLU sector was also implemented in the initiation of Indonesia's FOLU Net Sink 2030, a condition where the absorption rate of carbon emissions from the FOLU sector is higher than the emissions released. One of the FOLU sector mitigation actions is sustainable forest management which is carried out through the application of multi-business forestry, the application of reduced impact logging (RIL), and the application of incentive silvicultural techniques (SILIN).
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Efforts to protect 1 million hectares of land from forest destruction and degradation.
DonateThis commitment to achieving GHG emission reduction from the FOLU sector was also implemented in the initiation of Indonesia's FOLU Net Sink 2030, a condition where the absorption rate of carbon emissions from the FOLU sector is higher than the emissions released. One of the FOLU sector mitigation actions is sustainable forest management which is carried out through the application of multi-business forestry, the application of reduced impact logging (RIL), and the application of incentive silvicultural techniques (SILIN).
One of the production natural forest areas assisted by the Nusantara Nature Conservation Foundation (YKAN) is in East Kalimantan. Here, YKAN assists concession companies in implementing low-impact harvesting. This effort continues to be implemented alongside the other efforts to protect 1 million hectares of land from forest destruction and degradation until 2024.
Better forest management is the most promising natural climate solution on our planet. Forests clean the air and water, provide economic well-being, support biodiversity, provide forest products that people rely on daily, and serve as the world's oldest and most proven carbon storage technology. You can support YKAN's efforts to protect landscapes as an effort to reduce emissions and keep our earth comfortable.
