East Kalimantan Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy

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PNPM program, which could be potentially augmented and refined to distribute these funds.
Funds could initially be allocated at the community level, but potentially gradually evolve to be
allocated to individuals, similar to Brazil’s Juma Sustainable Development Reserve.
IMPLEMENTATION
This analysis represents just the first step to achieving environmentally sustainable development.
We see momentum developing through three phases.
Phase 1 - Define the Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy: The first step is
to develop an environmentally sustainable development strategy (as summarized in this report)
that identifies the major opportunities for abatement and new sector growth, the critical actions
required for success, and an estimate of the associated costs. This strategy then will be circulated
to experts, community representatives, and other interested parties in all districts as part of an
extensive process of integration, socialization and refinement to reconcile the priorities emerging
from high-level analysis with the priorities that our communities feel on the ground.
Phase 2 - Develop basic readiness structures: The next phase requires the development of the
basic architecture needed to attract international financing and support sustainable development.
This includes finalizing the organizational design of the “green” delivery unit (including establishing
reporting and decision-making processes), working with district pilots to prepare initiatives, and
begin to build critical enablers such as enhanced spatial planning and MRV baselines.
Phase 3 - Pilot environmentally sustainable development initiatives: This phase will launch
an initial pilot program to support an approach to sustainable growth that focuses on the prioritized
opportunities for abatement and new growth sectors. Following the pilot and a review of the
lessons learned, it is envisaged that there would be a progressive rollout to other districts, with the
eventual transition to a province-wide approach.
Our analysis tells us that we can achieve growth and cut our carbon emissions. Our experience
warns us that this is difficult, but also gives us faith that much can be achieved, as we look at our
province’s record of development over the last decades.
DRAFT
East Kalimantan is a highly diverse society, as befits the richness and variety of our natural
environment, from our forests and mountains to our seashores along the trading routes of
Southeast Asia. To develop, we must unleash the drive and creativity of all members of our society.
Environmentally sustainable development means that this creativity and drive will be built on a
foundation of respect for our god-given natural heritage.