The launch of the moratorium is one important step forward

- The launch of the moratorium is one important step forward for Indonesia. What Indonesia is embarking on is a very serious development choice. Indonesia's efforts to combine the goal of 7% economic growth with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2020 are commendable.”, Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim, said.

The moratorium will help facilitate both of those goals, and constitutes an important part of a broader land use reform agenda in Indonesia, though it will not in itself ensure success. The rest of the reforms Indonesia has committed to – Indonesia is still working on robustly mandating and establishing a new REDD+ Agency and an independent institution for monitoring, reporting and verification of green house gas emissions – will be crucial, as will the implementation of the reform agenda. But the moratorium is one important part of the puzzle.

For the moratorium text, please click here (bahasa only)

To read the press release from the Indonesian President’s REDD+ Task Force, please click here 

Media contact:
Elisabeth Brinch Sand
Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative
Ministry of the Environment, Norway,
Email: ebs@md.dep.no,
Phone: +4793247007