Key messages
- In Indonesia, early involvement and support for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has led to numerous achievements, but progress has been slower than anticipated.
- National and subnational REDD+ initiatives are susceptible to political turnover at each election cycle. To ensure its longevity, REDD+ needs to be embedded in national and regional laws, regulations, institutions and other state devices.
- REDD+ institutionalization in Indonesia has focused on technicalities rather than on directly addressing socioeconomic and political drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. The rate of deforestation has decelerated enough to result in two REDD+ payments. However, transformational change in the forestry and broader land-use sector has not progressed far enough.
- REDD+ is inherently multilevel and multisectoral. However, much information, action, knowledge exchange and decision making on REDD+ is concentrated within relatively few organizations. Transformational change requires that other stakeholders and sectors that impact forests get involved.
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- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety – Germany (BMU)
Publisher
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Publication year
2020
Authors
Nofyanza, S.; Moeliono, M.; Selviana, V.; Dwisatrio, B.; Liswanti, N.; Tamara, A.; Komalasari, M.
Geographic
Indonesia
Topic
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Indonesia
Christopher Martius
Bonn Hub Leader and Managing Director of CIFOR Germany