East Kalimantan Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy

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Exhibit 26
Technically East Kalimantan’s forestry sector could become carbon
neutral in 2030
Forestry sector 2030 BAU gross emissions, net emissions after abatement, and abatement levers
MtCO 2 e
34
Forest
degradation
24
Peat
decomposition
Deforestation
17
Net Reduced Use of Concession
emissions Impact degraded
Logging land buyouts
13
Fire
SOURCE: Indonesia GHG Abatement Cost Curve
88
34
14
Emissions
Abatement
Zero burn Water Reforestation
Emissions
management
after
and
abatement
peat
rehabilitation
Reduced impact logging (RIL) is the largest abatement opportunity and could yield 34
MtCO2e by 2030. Reduced impact logging could be attractive to private companies as it allows
the same amount of commercial timber to be extracted. Yet, the introduction of new harvesting
techniques will require investment – training, initial capital, and monitoring. Currently, production
forests, or HPHs, are largely ungoverned as they fall under the control of the national Ministry of
Forestry, which lacks sufficient provincial-based staff to monitor concessions. Creating forestry
management units (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan – KPH) across the provinces to increase
monitoring could be a powerful tool to strengthen monitoring and control and improve harvesting
planning and practices, especially concerning the skidding 15 of timber. Investments in roads and
skidding infrastructure are required to reduce the skidding distances and thus reduce damage
caused during logging of the remaining forests. Additional investments in skidding technology
and the training of forest workers are also required. The cost for implementation is relatively low
compared to the abatement potential, approximately USD 0.5 to 2.5 per ton of abated CO2e. Still,
for the timber companies, this translates into required investment estimated at approximately USD
50 to 250 per ha.
DRAFT
10
8
19
13
-9
Utilizing degraded land for expansion of timber plantations would yield 13.9 MtCO2e
of abatement. Using degraded land within and outside the forest estate for expansion should
be prioritized for future timber plantations wherever possible. If not suitable for rehabilitation,
degraded areas within the forest estate should definitely be used for future expansion of timber
plantations. However, for other degraded lands, a new planning exercise will be needed to select
the type of land use that holds the highest economic value for East Kalimantan.
15 Skidding is describing the process of hauling one or several felled logs with e.g. a bulldozer to an area
accessible for other means of transportation e.g. rivers and major roads.