The Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan led a meeting to discuss preparation for developing regulation on Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) on 6 May 2021 at the Secretariat of REDD+ Working Group in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The meeting, supported by FORCLIME, was attended by representatives from universities, local NGOs, provincial government officials. The prepared regulation is an effort to support the emission reduction target in West Kalimantan as contribution to supporting the achievement of the Indonesian contribution (NDC). Additionally, the under-preparation regulation will be used as a guideline for the Provincial REDD+ working group to monitor and control activities related to REDD+ that implemented by stakeholders.

The meeting agreed to finalize the regulation draft by July 2021, which then will be consulted with the Provincial Legal Bureau to refining the wordings prior to formalize as the governor regulation.

For more information, please contact:
Jumtani, Technical Adviser for GCF in West Kalimantan
Yenny, S.Hut, MT, Head of Unit PPLH, Environment and Forestry Service/REDD+ Task Force
Wandojo Siswanto, Manager in forestry Policy and Climate Change