Indonesia and Japan Explore Forestry Carbon Cooperation at COP31, With Peatland and Mangrove Projects Aimed at Japan's Carbon Market
Indonesia and Japan held a bilateral meeting on November 9 on the sidelines of the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, to explore expanded forestry carbon cooperation. Indonesia's Deputy Forestry Minister Rohmat Marzuki met Japan's Vice Minister of the Environment Hiroshi Ono at the Indonesia Pavilion.
Indonesia said it aims to use Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the bilateral Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) to develop high-integrity forestry carbon projects while generating economic benefits for local communities. Jakarta set out four commitments for forest carbon development: restoring 12 million hectares of degraded land through carbon-removal projects; protecting 50 million hectares of forests from deforestation and degradation through carbon-avoidance projects; developing carbon projects across 8.3 million hectares of social forestry; and supporting 1.4 million hectares of customary forests.
Marzuki said peatlands and mangroves should become defining features of Indonesia's forestry cooperation portfolio under the JCM and a distinctive contribution to high-integrity global climate action. The talks also covered opportunities linked to Japan's Green Transformation Emissions Trading System (GX-ETS), which entered its mandatory phase in 2026; Japan has set a target of procuring around 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in credits by 2030.
Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry said it welcomed opportunities to develop and supply high-integrity nature-based carbon credits, particularly from projects restoring the country's 12 million hectares of degraded land, to meet Japan's demand for JCM-compliant credits.
(Source: Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia)
Source: Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia
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