INSIDE STORY: A new direction in climate compatible development - Indonesia's forest moratorium

A briefing by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network detailing Indonesia's 2011 two-year moratorium on new permits for primary natural forests and peatlands as a strategy to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

• In late 2009, Indonesia committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2020, or 41% with international help, relative to business as usual. To support this, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a decree on May 20, 2011, establishing a two-year moratorium on new permits for the use of peatland and primary natural forest, with the goal of achieving 87% of the emission reduction target through the reduction of peatland conversion and deforestation.
• The forest moratorium provides a window for essential governance reforms, including the strengthening of institutions, the creation of better spatial data management systems, and the improvement of licensing processes to support low emission development.
• Successful implementation of the moratorium depends on several critical factors: strict enforcement supported by political will and data transparency, buy-in from the influential private sector, and overcoming the challenges of coordination between district, provincial, and national governments.
• The two-year moratorium period should be utilized to establish mechanisms, such as planning processes and spatial data, that divert conversion and logging away from peatlands and carbon-rich forests to simultaneously meet development and climate goals.

APA

Austin, K., Prasodjo, R., & Stolle, F. (2012). INSIDE STORY: A new direction in climate compatible development - Indonesia's forest moratorium. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/resource/indonesias-forest-moratorium

Chicago

Austin, Kemen, Rauf Prasodjo, and Fred Stolle. INSIDE STORY: A new direction in climate compatible development - Indonesia's forest moratorium. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012. https://cdkn.org/resource/indonesias-forest-moratorium.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{austin2012inside, author = {Austin, Kemen and Prasodjo, Rauf and Stolle, Fred}, title = {{INSIDE STORY: A new direction in climate compatible development - Indonesia's forest moratorium}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2012}, month = may, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/indonesias-forest-moratorium}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }