Dr. Haruni Krisnawati
Senior Researcher, Research Development & Innovation Agency
Ministry of Environment and Forestry - Indonesia
Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 3-5 August 2016
Keeping track of forests: systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)
Experience from the Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System

• Third biggest forest area in the world
• Population of over 200 million people
• Archipelago of 17,000 islands –
less than half inhabited
• Rapidly developing country, app. 6% pa
• Traditional land uses are major economic
activities
• High rates of deforestation and degradation
• Ambitious environmental protection agenda
Indonesia context

Why do we develop INCAS?
Indonesia’s commitment to reduce GHG emissions
through improved land management requires a
credible MRV system to be able to:
 Understand the size and source of emissions
 Analyze the impact of alternative land
management
 Track progress towards emissions reduction
targets
 Support national GHG inventories, sustainable
land use planning, sustainable management of
forests, watershed management, etc
land sector

What is INCAS?
A system for accounting GHG emissions and removals to
support MRV requirements for the land sector in Indonesia,
including REDD+ activities
 Systematic and nationally consistent GHG accounting
system for the land sector
 Support for GHG inventories & international reporting
 MRV and decision support tool
 Designed as a ‘Tier 3’ level GHG accounting system
 Scalable and uses the best available data

INCAS Framework - summary
QC/QA process is conducted for each step

Forest Modelling Approach
LANDSAT DATA
(2000-2012)
Annual cover change
Forest Type Forest Function
SoilConcession
CropFire
BIOPHYSICAL DATA
Clearing
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
Revegetation
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
CARBONACCOUNTINGMODELANDTOOL
Predictingcarbonstocksandcarbonflowinforestandpeatlandsystems
AREA OF CHANGE BY LAND USE AND ACTIVITY
GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNT
LAND MANAGEMENT DATA

Spatial Analysis
Deforestation Forest Degradation Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks SMF
2000 - 20012001 - 20022002 - 20032003 - 20042004 - 20052005 - 20062006 - 20072007 - 20082008 - 20092009 - 20102010 - 20112011 - 2012 Defining area of each management regime (e.g. REDD+)

• The first national results have been generated
– REDD+ activities, nation-wide
– Covers all of Indonesia’s forests and peatlands
– Results presented nationally and for all 34 provinces
– Detailed results can be generated
– Valuable for MRV and informing policy
• Website for accessing data,
methodologies and associated
Publications www.incas-indonesia.org
INCAS: Progress to Date…

www.incas-indonesia.org; www.incas.menlhk.go.id

Improvement plans
• Expanding to the entire AFOLU sector
• Transition to using full spatial modeling
• Trialing next generation Tier 3 tools for national
greenhouse gas inventories
• Incorporating more data sets
• Extending the time series of forest cover change
• Improving maps (peat, fire, forest type etc)
• Formalizing QA/QC processes
• Improving emissions estimates from peatland
(including drainage ditches)
• Internalizing into the activities of GOI land
management agencies

Conclusion
 Indonesia now has experience implementing a MRV system for
forests
 Data compiled
 Systems developed
 Improvement opportunities identified
 The system is designed to comply with international good
practice guidance for land based monitoring and with sufficient
flexibility to meet reporting requirements
 The system is well placed to test new materials and resources

Special thanks to Australia for supporting the development of INCAS