InfoSAWIT, BALIKPAPAN –Norway on Thursday (28/09) announced its commitment to fund 200 million krone or 25 million dollar America, that would be managed by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and could be accessed by the member of Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force  (GCF) in the annual meeting in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Province.

The four day – meeting (25-28 September 2017)had decided to cooperate with the private sector, such as, with the companies joining The Forest Alliance (TFA) because the agenda discussed in the meeting are the same with the goal of TFD in 2020.

The other important result is the indigenous people could involve in the dialog with GCF. The indigenous people themselves are represented by  three organizations, they are: AMAN of Indonesia, AMPB of Central America, and COICA of Amazon Valley. They are ready to support the agenda told by the governor or vice governor to stop deforestation and develop the low carbon emission.

Rukka Sombolinggi of AMAN (Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara)gave example the partnership in the indigenous areas and identified the troubled indigenous areas with the companies and regional government and directly improved the areas. “There was no dialog about environment during all the years by involving the indigenous people,” he said in the official statement to InfoSAWIT.

Meanwhile, Governor of East Kalimantan, Awang Faroek Ishak said, the forum, such as, GCF Annual Meeting is the good opportunity to learn. “We could learn from the states and other provinces, how to support green development in each region,” he said.

Balikpapan Statement – the result in the meeting – is the starting process of multi-phase action to seek the practical and real ways to implement sustainable development and low emission. There are three main agenda in Balikpapan Statement that had been discussed in the meeting. The first is, identifying how the jurisdiction to produce agricultural products sustainably through the cooperation with consumers to decrease deforestation.

The second is, protecting the indigenous people’s right and in the same time, increasing their welfare, especially those who live in the states and provinces – the members of GCF.

The third is, seeking to guarantee that the members of GCF could get fund needed to decrease deforestation, supporting the low emission development, and protecting the indigenous rights.

GCF Project Lead, William Boyd said that the agenda in GCF for the indigenous people, chain of stock, and jurisdiction learning in the meeting would give opportunity for the members to share ideas. “And to increase the partnership among the members of GCF within donors and private sectors,” he said.

The members of GCF are optimistic that the partnership to develop after having Balikpapan Statement, the agenda in the four day – meeting could run well and would give real result for every state. (T2)