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View all search resultsMinister claims deforestation, carbon victories
Indonesia has become country with lowest rate of deforestation, Siti Nurbaya says.
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nvironment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has claimed achievement for the country’s efforts in reducing deforestation and its bigger pledge to reach a carbon sink in the forestry sector, which have also been supported with recent deals with countries that intend to further support Indonesia’s forestry goals.
“Indonesia has become the country with the lowest rate of deforestation. This shows that Indonesia's commitment is evidence-based, not just promises but also active contribution to the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Pact,” Siti said during a discussion on Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink 2030 program at the Indonesia Pavilion of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Wednesday.
The minister said that according to Indonesia’s emission reduction targets in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) document, the Forestry and Land Use (FOLU) sector was one the main focus for Indonesia to mitigate climate change.
United Kingdom’s Minister for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment Zac Goldsmith commended Indonesia’s international leadership in climate and environmental issues as laudable, especially its ambition in protecting and restoring land to mitigate climate change in its FOLU Net Sink 2030 operational plan.
“The promise being made at the moment with nature is a really big promise,” Goldsmith said during the discussion, as quoted by Channel News Asia.
“We rely, all of us around the world, on Indonesia's success. Indonesia is doing a global service of protecting these extraordinary natural treasures. If Indonesia fails, we all fail and if Indonesia succeeds, we have a chance globally to succeed,” he added.
Last month, Indonesia and the United Kingdom signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support Indonesia’s forestry sector especially in achieving the FOLU Net Sink 2030.
