Soros, a big investor from the United States, convey this to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Merdeka Palace in a meeting, Monday (05/10/2010). President Yudhoyono was accompanied by Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan.
"Soros proposes Indonesia established a special agency to manage international funds are being mobilized to Indonesia as an effort of prevention of climate change in the forestry sector," said Minister of Forestry after the meeting.
Soros was appointed as UN envoy after talks on financing adaptation and mitigation efforts on climate change have failed at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Danish, December 2009.
Soros was given the job of breaking the deadlock that the UN and developed countries to mobilize funds to the countries of forest owners. In addition to developed countries, the funds will be mobilized also will come from the incremental cost of airline tickets amounted to 5 percent of which 2.5 percent of them will be deposited into the fund management institutions created a climate that state tax collectors.
According Zukifli, Soros proposed that the fund management institutions prevention of climate change are not under the government. The agency also includes representatives of the stakeholders involved to improve accountability and transparency.
"The agency was formed with the involvement of central government, local governments, and representatives from international parties. Funds may be used to fund existing programs that we run," said Zulkifli.
The program is the restoration of ecosystems is related to the prevention of illegal logging, forest fire prevention, management of peatlands, and the reduction of deforestation.
Director General of Forestry Production Development Daryanto explain, at least 1.18 million hectares of forest area that is dominated peatlands eligible funded by the new institution. This land is spread over an area of 85 000 hectares of Jambi, Central Kalimantan 565 000 hectares, 39 000 hectares in West Kalimantan, and Papua 500 000 hectares.
"Land is an open access forest areas (former HPH) that it took handling to prevent the release of carbon," said Hadi.
In a conference in Copenhagen, developed countries committed to transferring funds at least 3.5 billion U.S. dollars until 2012 related to climate change prevention. "Indonesia is an international challenge to prove its commitment to preventing climate change," said Hadi.
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