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New government regulation expected to boost mangrove restoration
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Learning by doing: A man teaches a child how to plant mangrove trees in Pekan Bada, Aceh, on Aug. 4, 2021. The pandemic has inspired many countries to double their environmental conservation efforts. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin )
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he government is set to issue a regulation that will facilitate a carbon offset mechanism in the forestry and other land-use sectors, in a move that is expected to speed up the country’s rehabilitation of degraded land ecosystems, including mangrove areas.
The regulation, which is set to be issued by the Environment and Forestry Ministry, will be issued as a derivative regulation of the recently signed carbon pricing rule that forms the basis of Indonesia’s carbon pricing scheme, said Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) head Hartono Prawiraatmadja.
“The ministerial regulation is designed as a legal basis for forest and land rehabilitation using the carbon pricing scheme,” Hartono said on Saturday.
He added that setting the carbon price would be crucial to determine how much degraded forest area emitting corporations must restore as part of the carbon offset mechanism.
Hartono said the regulation was set to be issued in March, adding it was hoped the regulation would help accelerate the rehabilitation of degraded mangrove forests in the country.
Mangrove forests, which usually grow in intertidal areas in tropical and subtropical countries, play a vital role in providing a natural buffer against coastal erosion caused by the sea or winds.
Mangroves have also been identified as a key asset in the country's efforts to achieve its emissions reduction target, as they can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit, a feature known as a carbon sink.
