Nurofiq raised the issue during a meeting with UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson on the sidelines of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday (November 13).
"We discussed many things about our environmental action with UNEP, highlighting the International Tropical Peatlands Center initiated by the Indonesian government in 2018," he noted.
The minister said he briefed UNEP on Indonesia’s progress in restoring 4.15 million hectares of peatland and 85 thousand hectares of mangrove areas, as well as on the ongoing formulation of an ITPC document.
He added that the Environment Ministry remains committed to advancing collaboration with multiple partners to strengthen the management of peatland and mangrove areas.
"Together with colleagues from UNEP, we will identify strategic steps toward building collaboration with all countries that have tropical peatland," he remarked.
Nurofiq added that the Indonesian government has held a bilateral discussion on peatland management with the Republic of Congo’s Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development, and the Congo Basin, Arlette Soudan-Nonault.
He further revealed plans to forge an agreement with fellow ITPC member states—the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Peru—on future peatland restoration measures.
Earlier in the COP30 series, Indonesian Deputy Minister of Forestry Rohmat Marzuki met with UNEP Executive Director Anderson on Monday (November 10).
"We view the collaboration between Indonesia and the UNEP as an important step in strengthening global action on forest protection, climate change mitigation, and empowering forest-dependent communities," Marzuki said.
He underscored the importance of UNEP’s support for Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink 2030 program, which aims to achieve net-zero emissions from the forestry and land use sectors by 2030.
The deputy minister also highlighted the ITPC, noting that it is expected to expand its role in carbon accounting methodologies, peat fire prevention, and restoration-based livelihood models aligned with the FOLU Net Sink 2030 program and UNEP’s global mandate.
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