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East Kalimantan Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy

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88<br />

Exhibit 61<br />

Bontang’s economy and emissions are dominated by LNG<br />

Bontang economic breakdown<br />

100% = 25.4 trillion IDR<br />

0%<br />

Agriculture<br />

0% 0% 0%<br />

Palm oil/<br />

Estate crops<br />

Forestry<br />

Coal & mining<br />

Oil & gas<br />

Construction<br />

Manufacturing<br />

Services/others<br />

SOURCE: BPS, team analysis<br />

BULUNGAN<br />

91%<br />

3%<br />

3% 3%<br />

2006 GDP<br />

The LNG accounts for 5 MtCO2e of emissions<br />

Bulungan is a large district, with over 1.8 million ha of land, but has a small population<br />

and GDP of just over IDR 1 trillion in 2006. Of all of the districts, Bulungan has the largest<br />

share of local GDP contributed by the agriculture sector, at 18 percent. The district has one of the<br />

more diverse economies with oil and gas, forestry, manufacturing, and services all contributing<br />

significantly to GDP. Currently, Bulungan has just over 20,000 ha of oil palm plantations, which<br />

contribute up to 2 percent of GDP, but the sector could see rapid expansion as oil palm location<br />

permits have been issued covering over 316,000 ha.<br />

DRAFT<br />

Forestry, palm oil, and agriculture make up most of Bulungan’s 18.1 MtCO2e of emissions,<br />

8 percent of the province’s total. More than 7 MtCO2e of emissions stem from degradation and<br />

deforestation caused by over-logging in Bulungan’s five HPH concessions of over 560,000 ha.<br />

Bulungan contains more than 1 million ha of forest (more than 50 percent of its total area), which are<br />

being lost by about 15,000 ha p.a., driven by the expansion of palm oil and agriculture and results in<br />

2.4 MtCO2e. The district’s 80,000 ha of peatland are also an important source of emissions as they<br />

are being opened for palm oil, logging, and agriculture. Annual fires in Bulungan from all palm oil,<br />

agriculture, and forestry combined account for over 5 MtCO2e.<br />

Bulungan has the potential to reduce annual emissions by 8 MtCO2e by 2030. Implementing<br />

RIL in the five HPH concessions would yield 2.5 MtCO2e, and instituting and enforcing a zero burning<br />

policy can yield another 2.7 MtCO2e. Together these two initiatives would abate more CO2e than<br />

the average coal power plant emits. As palm oil plantations expand in Bulungan, it will be important<br />

to ensure that the associated deforestation is minimized. Bulungan has 77,000 ha of very critical and<br />

critical lands; if suitable plots were used for palm oil that would otherwise be developed on forest<br />

lands, then 1.1 MtCO2e of emissions would be avoided (EXHIBIT 62). The remaining abatement<br />

potential is fragmented across many initiatives in palm oil, forestry, agriculture, and coal mining.

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