This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines. The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included: Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities Serving society: forestry and people New institutions, new governance Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets

1. GOVERNMENT POLICY AND
BUDGET ALLOCATION TO TACKLE
DEFORESTATION AND FOREST FIRE
NUR MASRIPATIN
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY
APFW, STREAM 2, 24 FEBRUARY 2016

2. INTRODUCTION
 Understanding underlying drivers of
deforestation and forest fire is critical in finding
solutions of the problems,
 Issues surrounding deforestation and forest fire
in Indonesia include : law enforcement and
compliance, livelihood, capacity (institution
and human resources), coordination and
synergy in the efforts towards sustainable
management of natural resources.
 Positive drivers are hardly considered in finding
solution of deforestation and forest fire.

3. POLICY AND MEASURES
(Forest and climate change, Forest and
national development)
 Pre 2020 commitment on CC mitigation (26 % - 41 %
emission reduction)
Post 2020 commitment/INDC ( 26 % unconditional - 41
% conditional emission reduction)
REDD+ as part of conditional emission reduction
efforts)
NAWACITA target (include 35 000 M Watt new power
plant development; infrastructure development, land
allocation for local community, etc)

4. POLICY AND MEASURES
 One map policy
 Moratorium of new license on peat land
 Peat land restoration and sustainable peat
ecosystem management Action Plan (BRG,
MoEF, MoA, ATR, PUPR, Ministry of Interior and
local government, other relevant Ministries)
 Forest Fire Prevention Action Plan (cross
Ministerial action plans - with specific
arrangement on budget allocation; Presidential
Regulation in preparation)

5. Budget Allocation or resource
mobilization (issues)
 Forest – climate change – development is cross-
sectoral issues, so does the issues and challenges
surrounding them.
Deforestation and forest fires are forestry sector
challenges with multi- dimensions (local,
national, international).
Under the proposed Action Plan on Forest Fire
Prevention, there will be specific budget
allocation for all relevant Ministries and
Institutions  but the issues in tackling
deforestation and forest fire is not only budget
allocation but also effective resource
mobilization for the efforts.

6. nurmasripatin@gmail.com,
nurmasripatin@ymail.com
Thankyou
passion & integrity