Indonesia intensifies its efforts to combat climate change

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has stated that his country is totally committed to combating climate change, including a 29 percent reduction in emissions by 2030.

 

The energy and maritime sectors, as well as forest governance and land management, will be targeted for emission reduction.

 

In order to help Indonesia meet its commitment under the Paris Agreement, the government is working on repairing and restoring the mangrove and peatland ecosystems.

 

Indonesia features one of the world's largest mangrove forests and the fourth-largest peatland area.
Mangroves can absorb carbon four to five times faster than tropical forests on the mainland, and the country's tropical peatland holds 30% of the world's carbon reserves.

Peatland restoration has begun in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and Papua through the Mangrove and Peatland Restoration Agency (BRGM).

 

The BRGM has constructed 85 deep wells, 850 blocking canals, and 18 backfill canals this year, as well as revegetating 510 hectares and launching 244 livelihood-revitalization programmes.

 

Meanwhile, mangrove restoration work has started in nine provinces: North Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Papua, and West Papua.

 

President Jokowi plans to plant 29,500 hectares of mangrove across nine regions by 2021, with a goal of 34,000 hectares.

 

"The expedited mangrove rehabilitation initiative began in 2021, therefore we chose a place with a high possibility of success and highly appreciated by the community based on the data we have," said Hartono, the BRGM's director.

 

So far, 470 community groups (pokmas) have participated in the programme, and a technical design for 83 percent of the mangrove-planting places has been completed.
By November 2021, this project is projected to be completed.

[Adumbration]

But isn't the tide line getting higher each year because of climate change?  So many lies around the climate change debate difficult to find any real facts.

 

Climate change is the new terrorism.

[jak2002003]

7 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

But isn't the tide line getting higher each year because of climate change?  So many lies around the climate change debate difficult to find any real facts.

 

Climate change is the new terrorism.

Even if you don't believe in climate change you surely can't think is wrong to replant forests, restore nature and reduce pollution can you?

 

Or, do you want to live in a filthy toxic environment devoid of wildlife and forests? 

[Adumbration]

5 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

Even if you don't believe in climate change you surely can't think is wrong to replant forests, restore nature and reduce pollution can you?

 

Or, do you want to live in a filthy toxic environment devoid of wildlife and forests? 

Mangrove forests are depleted because they have been cleared or they have died off due tidal volume changes that result from coastal developments.  Planting will not address either of these issues.

 

The planting program adumbrated in this news article is just a PR stunt.