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If cultivated well, these can also generate even more money than palm oil. “Coffee and rubber are some good sustainable crop alternatives. With $15 million in support from the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL)*, the goal in Jambi is to reduce emissions from unsustainable land use while promoting alternative livelihoods that help take pressure off the province’s primary forests and peatlands.Īgus Rizal, Head of Jambi’s Crop Agency, says farmers in Jambi need to diversify and grow crops that are more sustainable.

In Jambi, the national and provincial governments are working together across a wide range of sectors to improve sustainable land use. In 2019, the national government also launched the Environment Fund Management Agency (BPDLH) that is tasked with managing environment funds, including a results-based payment mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Jambi’s united front on forest protectionĪt the national level, Indonesia’s Low Carbon Development and One Map policies are supporting and coordinating efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as manage land use planning. Mining and illegal logging also threaten Jambi’s forest resources, and more frequent forest fires linked to forest encroachment (including Indonesia’s devastating 20 fire crises) are an ongoing challenge in the area. “Over the past two years, we haven’t been able to grow duku, a staple fruit in the area, because soil conditions are either too dry or wet, which was not an issue before.”īut Bestari says the province’s drivers of deforestation don’t stop there. “Extreme weather patterns are making our harvest and rainy seasons less and less predictable,” says Akhmad Bestari, Head of Jambi’s Forestry Agency.

GHG emissions are increasing and already contributing to a changing climate in the area, with impacts on local livelihoods. Forest loss and encroachment threaten Jambi’s forest resources. This 5-million-hectare area is home to 2.1 million ha of ecologically important forest areas, including four national parks and the 100,000 ha Harapan rainforest. In Sumatra, the stakes are particularly high for Jambi Province. Sumatra’s forest loss has helped make Indonesia one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) resulting from land use and driven one of the highest rates of primary forest loss in the tropics.

That are home to majestic tigers, rhinos, orangutans and elephants, along with more than 15,000 plant species. If you want to understand the impact of tropical forest loss in Indonesia, Sumatra is a good place to start.