Indonesia's forests are central to its climate ambitions. Through the Results-Based Payment (RBP) REDD+ GCF Output 2 Programme, We works alongside provincial governments across seven provinces to advance Indonesia's REDD+ agenda and support the implementation of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Forests are essential to Indonesia’s climate ambitions. Sustained action is needed to reduce emissions, strengthen forest governance, and support communities. Explore on Why This Matters and Our Impact.
Indonesia’s Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) sets 2030 GHG emission-reduction targets of 31.89% unconditionally and 43.20% with international support, against the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario. The Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) sector is expected to contribute 500 MtCO₂e and 729 MtCO₂e, respectively. This highlights the critical role of forests in achieving Indonesia’s climate commitments.
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Forests are essential to climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, water regulation, and ecosystem services. Maintaining these benefits requires more than preventing forest loss: it also depends on capable institutions, effective management planning, forest protection, rehabilitation, and the sustainable use of natural resources.
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities are important partners in forest stewardship. Their participation, knowledge, rights, and livelihoods must be considered when developing forest management and conservation interventions.
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Effective REDD+ implementation requires coherent policies, capable institutions, credible monitoring systems, and coordination between national and subnational governments. These foundations help ensure that local interventions align with national climate priorities and that progress can be assessed transparently.
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“Development is a necessity, but what we aspire to is sustainable development. That is why the forests and natural environment of Southwest Papua must be protected together. The government cannot do this alone; support from the RBP REDD+ GCF Output 2 Programme is essential to strengthening our efforts. We may use nature’s resources for the well-being of our people, but we must never destroy them, because the forests we protect today are a legacy entrusted to us for our children and future generations.”
Through partnerships with provincial governments, Penabulu facilitates programme implementation across seven provinces, each with distinct forest ecosystems, governance priorities, and development challenges.
Until then, this panel shows the combined figures for all seven landscapes.
Forest area under programme
Households in signed agreements
Provinces Across Indonesia
Avoided emissions
Coastal peat domes cut by drainage canals, where the water table decides whether carbon stays in the ground.
Forest landscape under programme intervention
Working area
Lowland forest on the eastern slope of the Barisan range, squeezed between plantation blocks and river settlements.
Average annual land-sector emissions
Natural forest area
Protection forest farmed by coffee and pepper smallholders who have been there for two generations.
Forest area
Provincial Forest Management Authority
Montane forest above the most densely populated landscape in Indonesia, holding the water that thirty million people downstream depend on.
Forest landscape under programme intervention
Working area
Central Kalimantan’s forest landscapes are central to Indonesia’s climate ambitions. Through forest restoration, sustainable forest management, community livelihoods and stronger REDD+ governance, the programme supports provincial efforts to reduce emissions and strengthen the long-term sustainability of forest and land management.
Total provincial land area
Forest cover area (approximately 75% of the province)
Restoring Degraded Landscapes, Strengthening Forest-Based Livelihoods, and Advancing Climate Action
Gross Deforestation (2016–2020)
Forest and Land Fires (2015–2020)
Protecting High-Value Forest Landscapes, Strengthening Forest Governance, and Advancing Climate Action
Forest Area
Biodiversity Significance
Across 7 provinces, this programme works with more than NaN households in and around standing forest
The crews closing a drainage network in Pulang Pisau are working against a scheme abandoned in the 1990s.
Seven hundred households in West Lampung farmed protection forest for two generations. The paperwork has finally caught up.
In Sorong, transect work stopped for four months while eleven clans decided who could consent to it.
The transformation of REDD+ results into lasting impact requires sustained institutional strengthening, effective coordination, and continued engagement with local stakeholders. The RBP REDD+ GCF Output 2 Programme works through a combination of policy support, technical assistance, capacity development, and locally driven initiatives. Its implementation is an ongoing process of strengthening systems, addressing local challenges, and building the foundations for long-term forest governance and climate action.
Turning Collective Commitment into Measurable Impact.
We work with governments, development partners, investors, and local stakeholders to advance forest protection, strengthen community livelihoods, and deliver meaningful climate outcomes.
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