East Kalimantan Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy
East Kalimantan Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy
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.