JAKARTA – Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya expressed her appreciation to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for its latest publication that reports the decrease of deforestation in a number of countries, including Indonesia.

Speaking during the 27th meeting of Committee on Forestry (COFO) in  Rome, Italy, Minister Siti Nurbaya said that based on the report of FAO titled “The Condition of Global Forest 2024”, deforestation in Indonesia during 2021/2022 decreased by 8.4 percent.

“We appreciate the good news in COFO that there has been a significant decrease of deforestation in a number of countries. For example, the decrease of deforestation in Indonesia is estimated at 8.4 percent in 2021-2022,” Minister Siti said at a meeting session on Monday (22/07/2024).

In the FAO’s report 2024, with the main theme about innovation in forestry sector toward more sustainable future, FAO also mentioned the rate of gross loss of global mangrove forests at 23 percent during the period of 2000-2010 and 2010-2020.

“This is an encouraging news. But our job is still far from finished,” she said.

The minister reminded that Indonesia has set its ambitious target of climate change when presenting its revised NDC in 2022.

“Our carbon emission target is set at 47.3% in 2020, 43.8% in 2021, and 41.6% in 2022 compared to annual baseline at around the target of NDC at 43.2% with international cooperation and far higher than the national target at 31.89%,” said Minister Siti.

She further said that in managing natural resources and implementing climate action Indonesia takes an integrated and systematic approach, consisting of 15 clusters of climate actions under an operation plan of FOLU Net Sink 2030. The plan is legally binding, not just commitment on paper. (*)

Source: sawitku.id