Published and submitted: September 2023
REDD+ Story Indonesia
Indonesia submitted its 1st forest reference emission level in 2016. Since then, Indonesia has taken concrete steps to halt deforestation and forest degradation, including the 1st submission of the REDD+ results in 2018, as well as the National Strategy and Safeguard Information Summary in 2019. As a result, Indonesia received results-based payments equating to the reduction of approximately 20 million tons of CO2. Indonesia's REDD+ story does not end here. In 2022, Indonesia successfully completed both the technical assessment process for its 2nd forest reference level and the technical analysis process for its 2nd REDD+ results. This article describes Indonesia’s REDD+ success story to date.