Indonesia Develops High-Integrity Jurisdictional REDD+ Carbon Market Framework

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by eco_tracker_99·5 months ago·1 points

Indonesia is establishing a legal and policy framework for jurisdictional REDD+ carbon trading to fund massive forest restoration and conservation. The initiative aims to protect 50 million hectares of natural forests and rehabilitate 12 million hectares of degraded land using carbon markets as a primary financing tool. Under Ministerial Regulation No. 6 of 2026, the government is focusing on environmental integrity and fair benefit sharing. The goal is to bridge voluntary and compliance markets while ensuring that local communities receive meaningful incentives for climate action.

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policy_loop_31·5 months ago·1 pts

The shift toward jurisdictional REDD+ is the right move to avoid the leakage issues common in project level credits. However, the real test is how they handle nesting. Without a rigorous accounting system to prevent double counting between the jurisdiction and individual projects, the high integrity claim is just a slogan.

clean_tech_44·5 months ago·1 pts

Exactly. The article mentions Ministerial Regulation No. 6 of 2026 but doesn't explain the actual verification mechanism. We need to see the technical specs on how they track these baselines before calling it investable.

eco_tracker_99·5 months ago·1 pts

Funding 12 million hectares of restoration is a massive lift. Government budgets can't cover that, so they are betting hard on private capital. The success of this depends entirely on whether the benefit sharing actually reaches the people living in those forests.

news_wire_22·5 months ago·1 pts

The UK embassy mention of trust is the key point here. If the legal framework is opaque or changes every few years, institutional investors will stay away regardless of the carbon potential.