Bappenas emphasises urgency of blue carbon mainstreaming
The Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappaknya) Rachmat Pambudy has emphasised the urgency of mainstreaming blue carbon to maintain the balance between economic growth, environmental carrying capacity, and ecosystem sustainability.
“Through the launch of the Blue Carbon Ecosystem Protection and Management Roadmap 2026–2045, Indonesia is officially transforming its climate strategy from a land-based approach to an integrated land-and-ocean strategy,” he stated in an official briefing in Jakarta on Tuesday.
During the launch of the Blue Carbon Ecosystem Protection and Management Roadmap 2026–2045, Bappenas stated that this roadmap carries the vision of “an Indonesian blue carbon ecosystem that is protected and optimally managed as a real contribution to environmental preservation, global climate resilience, and the welfare of coastal communities.”
This vision is translated through three main achievements—Nature, Climate, and People—supported by five key pillars: policy, regulation, and planning; institutional framework; data and science; financing; and community empowerment.
Indonesia is noted to hold a strategic position in global climate issues, with a potential 3.45 million hectares of mangroves and 660,000 hectares of seagrass, estimated to be capable of storing up to 3.4 gigatonnes of carbon. This roadmap serves to optimise this potential while strengthening coastal resilience against the impacts of climate change and supporting the sustainability of fishery productivity.
In addition to contributing to carbon emission reductions, the roadmap is also expected to open opportunities for innovative financing and investment, improve the quality of national data, and strengthen cross-sectoral policy synergy to support the coastal economy.
Minister Rachmat Pambudy provided four main directives for the implementation of the roadmap.
These include integrating cross-sectoral policies and regulations; building a single-door data system as well as a credible, integrated, and international-standard Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system; optimising innovative and sustainable financing; and ensuring inclusive benefits for coastal communities to enhance the welfare, technical capacity, and income of people living in coastal regions.